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 To reduce update fatigue, don't display application update notifications and user interface unless necessary.
-Twelve hours after an update is downloaded the user is told to restart Firefox by the display of the application update user interface. Instead of always notifying after twelve hours and possibly interrupting the user the notification should only be displayed when it is important for the user to apply the update (e.g. when the update contains an important security fix the user should be notified).
+Twelve hours after an update is downloaded the user is told to restart Firefox by the display of the application update user interface. Instead of always notifying after twelve hours and possibly interrupting the user the notification should only be displayed when it is important for the user to apply the update (e.g. when the update contains an important security fix the user should be notified). From analyzing crashes (questionable source), 15% of users run Firefox longer than 12 hours and are affected (see {{Bug|659425}} for details).
 If there is a pending update it is applied during startup and the updater dialog is displayed. Over the last year there have been several improvements to the updater that have made it apply updates significantly faster. When the update is applied quickly the updater dialog should not be displayed.