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Oh my god, that's ridiculous. Nobody spends half an hour a day waiting on auto updates. The update downloads in the background and takes just a few seconds to i

Oh my god, that's ridiculous. Nobody spends half an hour a day waiting on auto updates. The update downloads in the background and takes just a few seconds to install after restarting the browser.

pekk 13y ago
Then Flash prompts for an update, then Acrobat Reader, then Java...
- zebulom 13y ago
  Then Mozilla Thunderbird, then TortoiseGit, then TortoitseSVN, then Sublime Text Editor, then Notepad++, then Notepad++ informs me there is an update of a plugin that I never use, then VLC media player, then Google Chrome, then Oracle VirtualBox, then Visual Studio proudly announces a service pack, then Windows informs me that it wants to reboot in 10 minutes.
  - g4k 13y ago
    get a mac
    - MrBra 13y ago
      Yea, get a mac just for that. Oh and please just forget that all present *nix based distros will have a similar, if not better, update manager.
  - robertfw 13y ago
    That is annoying! And one of the many reasons I am happy to have switched to Linux.
  - kybernetikos 13y ago
    I strongly dislike the fact that almost every single piece of software wants to also install some kind of always running service to manage updates. It should be an OS hook that programs can use when they are first installed, and can be completely managed by the user if they care.
    - JetSpiegel 13y ago
      Like some kind of package manager? On Windows? Good luck with that!
      - duggelz 13y ago
        If you run windows and don't use Ninite yet, let me make your day: https://ninite.com/updater/ https://ninite.com/updater/
        jlgaddis 13y ago
        http://chocolatey.org/ http://chocolatey.org/ Open up a command prompt ... C:\> cup ... and done.
        JetSpiegel 13y ago
        Ninite has an updater? You made my day right now.
  - MrBra 13y ago
    Then Avast Antivirus pops up and says your software update status is critical! Do something or let me manage it for you (pay me) !
  - jlgaddis 13y ago
    I have a Windows 7 PC but it is only used perhaps once every week or two (and usually for just a few minutes at a time). It's certainly not the best tool I've ever seen but Chocolatey [0] makes keeping (nearly all) my installed applications up-to-date very easy. [0]: http://chocolatey.org/ http://chocolatey.org/
- Wohui 13y ago
  Is this at work?
- elclanrs 13y ago
  Then Windows Update: "Your computer will restart in 10 minutes". Postpone 4 hours. Glad I'm on Ubuntu 99% of the time nowadays.
zobzu 13y ago
in fact, it doesnt even "restart it". its applied whenever the user restart the browser. it only notifies the user if he never restart the browser, after a day or two..

Oh my god, that's ridiculous. Nobody spends half an hour a day waiting on auto updates. The update downloads in the background and takes just a few seconds to install after restarting the browser.

pekk 13y ago

Then Flash prompts for an update, then Acrobat Reader, then Java...

zebulom 13y ago
Then Mozilla Thunderbird, then TortoiseGit, then TortoitseSVN, then Sublime Text Editor, then Notepad++, then Notepad++ informs me there is an update of a plugin that I never use, then VLC media player, then Google Chrome, then Oracle VirtualBox, then Visual Studio proudly announces a service pack, then Windows informs me that it wants to reboot in 10 minutes.
- g4k 13y ago
  get a mac
  - MrBra 13y ago
    Yea, get a mac just for that. Oh and please just forget that all present *nix based distros will have a similar, if not better, update manager.
- robertfw 13y ago
  That is annoying! And one of the many reasons I am happy to have switched to Linux.
- kybernetikos 13y ago
  I strongly dislike the fact that almost every single piece of software wants to also install some kind of always running service to manage updates. It should be an OS hook that programs can use when they are first installed, and can be completely managed by the user if they care.
  - JetSpiegel 13y ago
    Like some kind of package manager? On Windows? Good luck with that!
    - duggelz 13y ago
      If you run windows and don't use Ninite yet, let me make your day: https://ninite.com/updater/ https://ninite.com/updater/
      - jlgaddis 13y ago
        http://chocolatey.org/ http://chocolatey.org/ Open up a command prompt ... C:\> cup ... and done.
      - JetSpiegel 13y ago
        Ninite has an updater? You made my day right now.
- MrBra 13y ago
  Then Avast Antivirus pops up and says your software update status is critical! Do something or let me manage it for you (pay me) !
- jlgaddis 13y ago
  I have a Windows 7 PC but it is only used perhaps once every week or two (and usually for just a few minutes at a time). It's certainly not the best tool I've ever seen but Chocolatey [0] makes keeping (nearly all) my installed applications up-to-date very easy. [0]: http://chocolatey.org/ http://chocolatey.org/
Wohui 13y ago
Is this at work?
elclanrs 13y ago
Then Windows Update: "Your computer will restart in 10 minutes". Postpone 4 hours. Glad I'm on Ubuntu 99% of the time nowadays.

zobzu 13y ago

in fact, it doesnt even "restart it". its applied whenever the user restart the browser. it only notifies the user if he never restart the browser, after a day or two..