The current system for making the existence of a new version to download is a
little too unobtrusive - it would be better both if the update-check frequency
was higher, and the notice of a new version available was more proactive rather
than requiring the user to visit the about page.
To make that really work, however, the *notification* frequency needs to be
decoupled from the notification checks and capped at something like no more
than every 30 or 60 days to be less annoying (even though it's a 10-second
process tops, I still get annoyed by those notices from applications myself,
particular from Nokia PC Suite since it's a large download - the more
infrequent notification I get from the Lightscribe software is about right).
So, I need to add a balloon notification or the equivalent for Vista, since the
shell notification system is so different from XP to Vista/7 and the API is a
bit of a minefield and a new timer entry in the registry.
I'm just not sure what the click action for the balloon tip should be -
probably a visit to the About dialog, and I should make the "upgrade available"
version of the About dialog include a hyperlink control pointing at the new
download page for manual install as well as having the auto-download and
silent-install button.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by nigel.bree@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2011 at 10:07
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
nigel.bree@gmail.comon 20 Dec 2011 at 10:07