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It’s not just software execs, I’ve actually heard customers asking for auto-update recently as approving and updating it themselves was too cumbersome, or they
by ako 4y ago
It’s not just software execs, I’ve actually heard customers asking for auto-update recently as approving and updating it themselves was too cumbersome, or they relied on a department for this that had no time to do this soonish. They literally asked for “auto updates like chrome or Firefox”…
- OkayPhysicist 4y agoAuto updates are fantastic if, and only if, the developer can be trusted not to break things for fun. Firefox's auto-updates consist of downloading stuff in the background, prompting me to "restart when you want to apply the update", and then changing next to nothing about my experience of the application between updates. That is the perfect update story. Everyone loves it: the users aren't having their workflows upended, the developers are able to push updates regularly for security problems and the like, the only loser is the graphics designer who got hired because daddy owns the company and needs to constantly re-design the user interface to justify their job. (seriously, people in companies that do this kind of shit, what is it with re-designs? Why?)