Each time I wake up my PC (after suspend) with open FF window, after some time Firebug opens new tab with release notes. This happens for me on two different PCs. Both have Fedora 17 with FF 14.
The release notes page should just be shown after an update or resetting the Firebug options. We made two bug fix releases the last days. So that could be the reason why you saw the release notes page several times. Please check which Firebug version you have now (should be 1.10.2) by hovering the Firebug icon in the toolbar. If it is already 1.10.2 and you still see the first-run page being opened after waking up your PC, let us know.
It seems that multiple times a week I'm getting the Release Notes tab and I want to turn that off. I would prefer not to have the "Release Notes" automatically open each time there is an update. Is there a way to turn that off? And if not right now, will you make an option for that?
I've had this issue a couple times too. It does seem to be triggered by a Firebug update.
I think the issue is the timing -- the tab seems to open significantly after Firefox starts, instead of immediately upon start. For example, I started my laptop this morning, opened my email, did some searching, closed some tabs, and then while I was reading something, the Firebug release notes tab opened up. The fact that it interrupts whatever I'm doing is of course a bad user experience.
I don't imagine Firebug controls that timing, and possibly this is a Firefox bug or specific to my profile.
On a side note, I'd be happy with a small notification on the Firebug toolbar button that signals an update happened (similar to the notification that a JS error occurred, and I could find the link to the release notes if I want to read them. That would resolve this, albeit in a roundabout way.
On Monday, August 6, 2012 1:31:03 AM UTC-7, Sebastian Zartner wrote:
> The release notes page should just be shown after an update or resetting > the Firebug options. > We made two bug fix releases the last days. So that could be the reason > why you saw the release notes page several times. > Please check which Firebug version you have now (should be 1.10.2) by > hovering the Firebug icon in the toolbar. If it is already 1.10.2 and you > still see the first-run page being opened after waking up your PC, let us > know.
> Is there a way to turn that off? And if not right now, will you make an > option for that?
There is already an option called extensions.firebug.showFirstRunPage. Just set it to false and you won't get bothered anymore. See the Firebug preferences <https://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Firebug_Preferences> for more info.
I've had this issue a couple times too. It does seem to be triggered by a
> Firebug update.
> I think the issue is the timing -- the tab seems to open significantly > after Firefox starts, instead of immediately upon start.
I think that's because Firefox doesn't immediately check for add-on updates on browser start anymore. It does that in regular intervals.
On a side note, I'd be happy with a small notification on the Firebug
> toolbar button that signals an update happened (similar to the notification > that a JS error occurred, and I could find the link to the release notes if > I want to read them. That would resolve this, albeit in a roundabout way.
On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 9:19:48 AM UTC+3, Sebastian Zartner wrote:
> Is there a way to turn that off? And if not right now, will you make an >> option for that?
> There is already an option called extensions.firebug.showFirstRunPage. > Just set it to false and you won't get bothered anymore. See the Firebug > preferences <https://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Firebug_Preferences>for more info.
> I've had this issue a couple times too. It does seem to be triggered by a >> Firebug update.
>> I think the issue is the timing -- the tab seems to open significantly >> after Firefox starts, instead of immediately upon start.
> I think that's because Firefox doesn't immediately check for add-on > updates on browser start anymore. It does that in regular intervals.
It really can be that check for updates triggers this tab pop up, but it pops even when firebug is not being updated.
> It really can be that check for updates triggers this tab pop up, but it > pops even when firebug is not being updated.
Ok, so then it's sounding more like a bug. Unfortunately I can't reproduce that using Firefox 14.0.1/17.0a1 + Firebug 1.10.2/1.11a0 on Win7.
Please note that the first-run page is also displayed when you reset the Firebug options. If you don't do that, please go to about:config and check the value for extensions.firebug.currentVersion. It should be 1.10.2. Also please create a new Firefox profile<http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Installing_in_a_clean_profile>and let us know if that fixes the problem.
