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Perhaps I am an odd one out, but as a user I really do not like software that updates itself, leave alone silently like Chrome does. As a developer - sure, I wo
by latitude 15y ago
Perhaps I am an odd one out, but as a user I really do not like software that updates itself, leave alone silently like Chrome does. As a developer - sure, I would love for everyone to be on automatic updates, but looking at stats it appears to be not the case.
I have an app out that checks for updates and prompts the user if there's a new one. That's the default setting and it can be changed to disable all checks or switch to an automatic updates. Looking at the server logs I can tell that users do disable the update checks after the first notification, a lot of them do, like close to 25-30%. And virtually no-one switches to the automatic updates. YMMV obviously by an app and the OS, but it's still a data point to consider.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoYour users don't want to be bothered by notifications. Automatic updates sound scary; they don't trust that your changes will always benefit them. It's easier to just turn the notifications off.
- jsherer 15y ago"Automatic Updates" makes me think of the Windows updater. Most have painfully experienced this at least once in their life.
- Rusky 15y agoHow do you feel about web apps? They update themselves automatically and generally frequently. I think that's what Chrome is aiming for and in my experience it works well. For something like a browser where both security and features for developers depend on everyone updating, leaving the majority of users on an old version is just a bad idea.