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> It’s completely reasonable for a product to advertise for a newer version. No argument from me there. A notice on the splash screen, even a tool tip at star
by nerflad 8y ago
> It’s completely reasonable for a product to advertise for a newer version.
No argument from me there. A notice on the splash screen, even a tool tip at start-up would work fine, but it was a full screen advertisement, several minutes after start-up, which stopped playback (!) without warning. These interruptions are what I find completely unacceptable, and I believe they stem from fundamentally misunderstanding what the user is there for, or outright disrespect.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoNotice on the splash screen, a tool tip at start up, a popup at startup (anyone remembers "Tip of the day" dialogs?), a modeline/status bar (like e.g. IntelliJ IDEA does), ... there are plenty of well-established UI patterns for placing such information unobtrusively. As you said, firing up a modal in the middle of your work is unacceptable, and outright disrespectful.