Firefox3.6/Plugin Update Awareness Security Review: Difference between revisions

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** The default plugins.update.url is on https://www.mozilla.com/, but who knows what Ubuntu's is
** The default plugins.update.url is on https://www.mozilla.com/, but who knows what Ubuntu's is
*since the warning is an infobar, can users tell the difference between our feature (sending them to adobe.com) and a malicious advertisement (sending them elsewhere)?
*since the warning is an infobar, can users tell the difference between our feature (sending them to adobe.com) and a malicious advertisement (sending them elsewhere)?
** Clicking "there is a newer, safer version available" actually takes you to mozilla.com plugincheck page, which as of 3.6, has access to full version number information.
** Clicking "there is a newer, safer version available" actually takes you to mozilla.com plugincheck page, which as of firefox 3.6, has access to full version number information!
* i shouldn't have to load a page that uses java to find out i have an outdated java. firefox should check for me once a week.
* i shouldn't have to load a page that uses java to find out i have an outdated java. firefox should check for me once a week.
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