[Tech RDX] Mozilla releases Firefox 12 into the wild, does away with the pesky UAC

Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, has just recently updated its flagship browser to its twelfth iteration. This release features minor, incremental improvements, fixes and bug squashing, and most importantly how it updates itself in a typical Windows environment.

Yep, you read that right people. Gone are the days that the irritating Windows UAC pop-up window that keeps asking us users whether we allow the updater/program to run or not. Seriously, that's why we downloaded and opened it in the first place, right? In any case, Mozilla is trying to keep on track on how to stealthily/quietly update their browser without rousing. Well, with Firefox 12, it's a work-in-progress that's looks so seamless and unintrusive.

For technical details, read on to this Ars Technica article. Grab your Firefox 12 from the Mozilla download site here.