#26049: consider reducing the delay before the update prompt is displayed (ESR60)
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Reporter: mcs | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Keywords: ff60-esr
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After a browser update has been downloaded, users need to restart their
browser to apply it. By default, a small badge is overlaid on the
hamburger menu toolbar item to indicate that users should look in that
menu for more info (where they will find a "Restart to update Tor Browser"
menu item). In Tor Browser we have reduced the delay before the badge is
displayed to zero.
The badge is kind of subtle though, so after some period of time the
doorhanger prompt that is being discussed in #26048 is displayed. The
delay before the doorhanger is displayed is currently:
Firefox 60 release channel: 8 days
Tor Browser: 2 days
Kathy and Mark think we should reduce it further, maybe as short as on
hour or two. The tradeoff is that the doorhanger is "in your face" and
will somewhat interrupt people's work (although they can continue to use
the browser with it open, and they can dismiss it without applying the
update).
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