Do the actually not like their users? [LWN.net]

Do the actually not like their users?

Posted Apr 24, 2008 2:23 UTC (Thu) by lysse (subscriber, #3190)
In reply to: Do the actually not like their users? by dskoll
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor encounters the Hardy Heron

I thought "ooh good, I'll do that", went to about:config, and discovered it was already set
that way.

Hmm. I wonder when I did that? And how long it would have taken me to remember what needed
sorting out if it had been silently reset on upgrade? And why anyone would tolerate, even for
one second, an environment where that kind of rudeness was not only tolerated but expected...?

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Config changes and upgrades

Posted Apr 26, 2008 8:42 UTC (Sat) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link]

Surely you back up your home directory (which contains your Firefox profile on Linux) on
upgrades?  In any case, very few application upgrades would touch anything in your home
directory, so this is something of a non-issue.

I do recommend a home Wiki to track this sort of config change, which is particularly useful
if you do a fresh install or want to do the same change on other machines.