Why am I forced to upgrade to FF5 without any notification?

So I noticed today that somehow I got magically upgraded to FF5 ... I noticed this after FF kept crashing in Gmail and I started investigating...
So I download FF4 and install it. In the Help/About there is a handy "Check for Updates" button. Since I'm running FF 4.0, I thought that I remembered that there were updates to FF 4 so I clicked the button..
It says it found an update, the update downloaded and did I want to install it. I was given NO INFO about what version I was installing. So I figured that I was getting an updated FF4...
Nope, I was shoved right back into FF5 and instantly started having problems.
Screw that.
Uninstalled FF5 AGAIN... And reinstalled FF 4.0...
Why am I not able to get the latest FF4? Why is it pushing me right into FF5?
The next time I have to uninstall FireFox, I WILL NOT be reinstalling it.
Anyone have any idea why we are being shoved into FF5?
Thanks..

Firefox does give users a "notification" about an update being available, but if you either miss that window or ignore that "notification", it will time-out in a couple of minutes and just download the update for installation the next time Firefox is opened.
Firefox 5 was a scheduled update under the new Fast Release program. Firefox 6 will come out 6 weeks after Firefox 5.0 was first released on June 21. Firefox 7 and subsequent versions will also be released at 6 week intervals. Looks like Mozilla has developed "browser envy", by trying to follow Google's release schedule for Chrome and by making Firefox look like Chrome. ''I wonder if Google put something in the water or air out in Mountain View, CA?''

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