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> A number of responses say "have the client detect that it's running an old version and force reload." That works, but it's pretty annoying UX. Is it though?

• chrisabrams 7y ago
  Even Facebook does this when you have left it open in a tab for too long. [edit]: spellcheck failed.
  • itslennysfault 7y ago
    > Even Facebook Like they're the example we should look to. They do all sorts of hacky stuff.
    • OldSchoolJohnny 7y ago
      I lol'd, Facebook has a terrible UI on every platform.
    • duxup 7y ago
      They do lots of stuff, but they don't seem to break their user's usage due to reloading if you leave a window open forever.
• michaelt 7y ago
  Is it though? Depends if you're triggering it six times a year or six times a day. Some companies pride themselves on how often they deploy code to production [1]. And whether your SPA is something like Google Docs where a user could plausibly have the same document open for a week or more. [1] https://blog.newrelic.com/technology/data-culture-survey-results-faster-deployment/ https://blog.newrelic.com/technology/data-culture-survey-res...
  • ollyculverhouse 7y ago
    Is it common to be releasing breaking API schema changes 6 times a day?
    • Andrex 7y ago
      Intentionally? Probably not.
    • SilasX 7y ago
      No, but it's common to underestimate the cost imposed on clients how avoidable a breaking change is.
  • ihuman 7y ago
    I'm not sure if that's a good example. Google Docs automatically saves the document when there's a change, so you won't loose any work if you refresh.
    • chipperyman573 7y ago
      I may be misremembering but I actually remember GDocs telling me to reload once, so presumably they have some way of forcing reloading if they need it (I think it let me keep working locally until I reloaded, then all my stuff would be saved and synced like normal).
  • tuananh 7y ago
    make it silent? like chrome update? silent download and auto install on next startup