andymatuschak/Sparkle — Issue #45: Give the user the option to update when the application CLOSES
Author: andymatuschak
Created: 2011-10-23 17:11:34+00:00
State: open
Labels: Migrated

***A. Jesse Jiryu Davis (ajdavis)** [reported (on Launchpad)](https://bugs.launchpad.net/sparkle/+bug/509326) on' 2010-01-18:*

I've had what may be a user-experience insight: software applications
should self-update when you CLOSE them, not when you open them. When I
open an application it's because I want to use it NOW. The notification
should still appear when you open the app, BUT a button on the
notification box that says "Upgrade On Close" would be fantastic!

The problem with "upgrade first" is that the moment I open the app is
when I'm least likely to be willing to click "OK, do this mysterious
upgrade, which probably won't noticeably help me, and prevent me from
the using the app I JUST OPENED for an unspecified period of time." If
you really want the app to upgrade you have to make the user willing to
click "yes".

It might also be nice to distinguish between feature upgrades (do it
whenever) and critical upgrades (do it before you use the app or you
might be sorry), but that adds complexity both to the code and the user
experience that may be unwarranted.