Turn off Mozilla Firefox warning that there are new Firefox add-ons

Time to time Firefox pops up and says there are updates for your browser (especially add-ons). How can I change this so that it doesn't pop up this question any more, and only updates the add-ons quietly?

I'm thinking about older people who have a hard time using computers.

Q: Are there any solutions to quietly update the Firefox add-ons in the background?

OS: Scientific-Linux / Windows XP

Solution 1:

Under 'Options' there's a tab describing what to do with updates (I don't have FF on this machine so can't tell you exactly what the tab name is). One of the options says something like 'update without asking'.

Solution 2:

You can

• disable Firefox's automatic check for updates in the options -> advanced -> update, or
• set it to update automatically (in the said pane) + silently.

Update notifier extension has an option to just install extensions's updates when they're available.

If you want to keep Firefox's "classic" interface but still get latest security updates, you could try the Mozilla SeaMonkey suite. It has the updates check and auto-installation option built-in. The preferences -> advanced -> software installation section will include options for auto-updates for extensions and browser:

If you don't see them for browser then you can set it in about:config