Why do the plug-in add ons have to notify you of up dates so often - can these notifications be turned off ?
When opening Firefox - (since edition 8) many of the plug-in products open also to notify of some type of change -- if this was once a month or so -- then that is ok but it happens to all my Firefox Browsers (5 desk tops here at home) most every day or every other day -- way too much waste of time -- and now I don't care for this notification -- CAN THIS SERVICE BE TURNED OFF IN FIREFOX SOME HOW ?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
MILTON STILLMANK
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http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable/localization#legacy36
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