Comments on: Update Channel Selector

By: Diceman2037

Diceman2037 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:19:03 +0000

Doesn’t work properly on 3.7a. Tells user they don’t have permission to change the source.

By: turu

turu — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:26:47 +0000

This extension works on SM2.0.2 if extensions.checkCompatibility turns false. Please update maxVersion for up to date.

By: WildcatRay

WildcatRay — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:39:21 +0000

Thanks. This is a nice extension because without it, it can be a pain to figure out how to properly correct an erroneous update channel or, of course to change to a different channel.

I just noticed that Update Channel Selector 1.5 does not provide the drop down box under Tools > Advanced > Update > Automatically check for updates to: in T-bird 3.0 to select the update channel there. This drop down is available in Firefox up to 3.7a1pre.

On my wish would be to add an Options interface so that users can also have that way to select a different or correct an erroneous update channel.

By: TheWolf

TheWolf — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:30:05 +0000

Could you make this compatible with Seamonkey 2.0 and 2.0.1?

By: RazorBoy

RazorBoy — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:51:34 +0000

**UPDATE**

The update channel does change. The change, though, doesn’t reflect in the GUI until you close the browser, then restart. So, yeah, it’s a bug, but it’s an annoying one.

By: Martin Baranski

Martin Baranski — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:23:16 +0000

I wanted to switch from Nightly to Beta, but although the GUI-option you described shows “Beta” and even “about:config” shows “beta” for both (app.update.channel and extensions.updatechannel.channel), doing Help/Check for Updates shows “Shiretoko is currently configured to use the nightly update channel” – and I _did_ about three restarts!

Is this a bug?

By: RazorBoy

RazorBoy — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:44:11 +0000

When going to Help/Check For Updates to change the update channel to beta in Firefox 3.5rc3 (with Update Channel Selector installed), it’ll, for some reason, say that the default channel (i.e. the release channel) is still chosen, even though going to Tools/Options/Advanced/Update reveals the beta channel has been c hosen. It doesn’t change until you restart the browser.

By: earlpiggot

earlpiggot — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:48:56 +0000

Is this release OK for Thunderbird 3 nightlies, or should I stick with 1.0.3?

By: Bill Gianopoulos

Bill Gianopoulos — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:35:33 +0000

Unlike previous versions of this, version 1.5 unfortunately stores your selected update channel in your profile. It is therefore no longer possible to share a profile between builds that you want to keep on separate update channels.

By: Rupert Madden-Abbott

Rupert Madden-Abbott — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:12:36 +0000

I installed the extension, selected the Beta channel but it doesn’t detect any updates…