andymatuschak/Sparkle — Issue #106: Sparkle windows are intrusive
Author: andymatuschak
Created: 2011-10-23 17:16:46+00:00
State: open

***Macs R We (macsrwe)** [reported (on Launchpad)](https://bugs.launchpad.net/sparkle/+bug/805792) on' 2011-07-05:*

I'm not a developer, and this is not a bug. It's an observation from a
user who uses many applications that use Sparkle.

When I launch an application, it's because I need something done now. I
appreciate Sparkle telling me there is a new version of whatever, but my
priority at the moment is to get the information or perform the
operation I need to do NOW. When I'm done, then THAT would be a great
time for me to run the update process.

Sparkle makes this so much harder because it WON'T GET ITS WINDOW OUT OF
THE WAY and let me do my work unless I cancel the window. I don't
really want to CANCEL the update, I just want to do it when I'm DONE.

I'd really appreciate it if you would rethink the necessity to keep the
Sparkle window as always the frontmost window. The meme of "what the
computer wants to do is more important than what you want to do" is a
standard hallmark of Windows programs -- not Mac programs.