Automatic, unprompted upgrades are definitely the way to go in my opinion. For any non-proficient user -- most of whom are taught to be wary of things like viru

Automatic, unprompted upgrades are definitely the way to go in my opinion. For any non-proficient user -- most of whom are taught to be wary of things like viruses -- getting a popup window suggesting an upgrade is only a source of confusion. I just got a call a couple days ago from a family member for this exact situation when Firefox deemed it necessary to request permission to update. The default behavior for the vast majority of desktop software should be to attempt to check for (and automatically apply) an update upon application startup.