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Silent Update is comprised of the following 6 components:
<b>1) Firefox updater will go away Move bulk of update to background before shut down and install updates in the background remove update UI from browser start-up. ([https://wiki.mozilla.org/Silent_Update_updater feature page]):</b>
*Updater will need to change for Windows, Mac and Linux
<b>2) Add-on compatibility check will default to compatible ([https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Add-ons/Add-ons_Default_to_Compatible feature page]):</b>
*Hover panel from from somewhere on the page (being explored)
*Brainstorm with UX/Marketing
<b>4) Enable Firefox updates by bypassing need to bypass OS permissions dialog ([https://wiki.mozilla.org/Silent_Update_OS_Dialogs feature page]):</b>
*Win7 UAC (user account control) dialogue
*Mac OS: determine if there are issues for non-admins
<b>5) Update the add-on compatibility check prompt ([https://wiki.mozilla.org/Silent_Update_not_now_prompt feature page]):</b>
*In conjunction with component (2), for when the update process encounters an incompatible add-ons that are invalid on we will update the should prompt with a dialog to provide providing users the options of "not now" or "remind me later" when the silent update process encounters an unsupported add-on.
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