Comments on: On the joys of auto upgrading http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/ escape colon w q Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:53:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Of course the iPhone is a gaming platform and a computing one, too. http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-11825 Of course the iPhone is a gaming platform and a computing one, too. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:49:46 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-11825 [...] I mean the App Store is seriously great. Not only does it provide you all that goodness, but it manages updates for you. It alerts you when there’s updates for any of your apps and pow, you click update all and a few minutes later you are at the latest and greatest. Sure, on the one hand, they need this because the apps coming out now are a touch crashy, but going forward as the platform matures, that should happen less and less and now the lifespan of these games is expanded since they can get better over time. And of course, I am very, very pro-auto upgrades. [...] [...] I mean the App Store is seriously great. Not only does it provide you all that goodness, but it manages updates for you. It alerts you when there’s updates for any of your apps and pow, you click update all and a few minutes later you are at the latest and greatest. Sure, on the one hand, they need this because the apps coming out now are a touch crashy, but going forward as the platform matures, that should happen less and less and now the lifespan of these games is expanded since they can get better over time. And of course, I am very, very pro-auto upgrades. [...]

]]> By: Mozilla’s data project could be useful, but still biased. http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-10737 Mozilla’s data project could be useful, but still biased. Wed, 14 May 2008 14:39:23 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-10737 [...] into Firefox and will ask its user base if they want to opt into this anonymous program. Given the auto-upgrading joy of Firefox it is reasonable to believe that a very significant portion of Firefox users will get this version [...] [...] into Firefox and will ask its user base if they want to opt into this anonymous program. Given the auto-upgrading joy of Firefox it is reasonable to believe that a very significant portion of Firefox users will get this version [...]

]]> By: Browser Wars, part Trois http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-10517 Browser Wars, part Trois Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:44:08 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-10517 [...] makes a difference to web developers since it allows the installed userbase to quickly hit 80-90% saturation with the new version. It remains to be seen if IE6 and IE7 remain on the radar, removed from the browser rosters only by [...] [...] makes a difference to web developers since it allows the installed userbase to quickly hit 80-90% saturation with the new version. It remains to be seen if IE6 and IE7 remain on the radar, removed from the browser rosters only by [...]

]]> By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9736 felix Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:16:15 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9736 "Don’t worry about Eve, Battlefield 2142 is just a game." Awesome. “Don’t worry about Eve, Battlefield 2142 is just a game.”

Awesome.

]]> By: Poyla http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9731 Poyla Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:10:13 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9731 No, Flash itself runs the same but hardly anyone uses straight Flash anymore. It is always interacting somehow with something. That is where IE is a pain in the ass. It is common to see on the Flash Forums: "But for IE you have to do this......" Don't worry about Eve, Battlefield 2142 is just a game. No, Flash itself runs the same but hardly anyone uses straight Flash anymore. It is always interacting somehow with something. That is where IE is a pain in the ass. It is common to see on the Flash Forums: “But for IE you have to do this……”

Don’t worry about Eve, Battlefield 2142 is just a game.

]]> By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9722 felix Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:16:27 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9722 Welcome to the wonderful world of OSX, Dom. :) I switched to OSX a few years ago after my linux desktop gave up the ghost suddenly and I had an OSX desktop that was good enough to not make me put together a new linux box. Since then OSX has gotten significantly better... significantly. And while there have been periods in my life where I had to use XP at work and it wasn't necessarily a terrible experience, I'm much happier on my iMac. Much. Wait, Flash has to be coded specially to work with IE? I figured that the Adobe implementation would be the same cross platform? That's sad... really sad. As for the EA download manager... maybe that was EVE screwing with you so you don't divide your gaming loyalties! Be true to your game, Poyla!! :) Welcome to the wonderful world of OSX, Dom. :) I switched to OSX a few years ago after my linux desktop gave up the ghost suddenly and I had an OSX desktop that was good enough to not make me put together a new linux box. Since then OSX has gotten significantly better… significantly. And while there have been periods in my life where I had to use XP at work and it wasn’t necessarily a terrible experience, I’m much happier on my iMac. Much.

Wait, Flash has to be coded specially to work with IE? I figured that the Adobe implementation would be the same cross platform? That’s sad… really sad. As for the EA download manager… maybe that was EVE screwing with you so you don’t divide your gaming loyalties! Be true to your game, Poyla!! :)

]]> By: Poyla http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9721 Poyla Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:57:41 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9721 IE is also the hardest browser to design for, as far as things like Flash content and thing displaying they way they were designed to display. The only reason I even have IE is because other people have it and I have to test everything I do on it for that annoying reason. Microsoft's auto upgrading is not the worst. That is to say I have seen worse. Particularly Electronic Arts Download Manager. What a sad pile of confused code THAT is. Here is my last Battlefield 2142 patch time line last I updated: DM (download manager) can't connect to my cable modem I have been connected to for 3 years > DM can't connect to it's host > DM needs and update (thats right the download manager needed to download an update for itself. > It could not. > I download update and install. > DM downloads patch to 99% then stalls out. > I flip out and download the patch manually. IE is also the hardest browser to design for, as far as things like Flash content and thing displaying they way they were designed to display. The only reason I even have IE is because other people have it and I have to test everything I do on it for that annoying reason. Microsoft’s auto upgrading is not the worst. That is to say I have seen worse. Particularly Electronic Arts Download Manager. What a sad pile of confused code THAT is. Here is my last Battlefield 2142 patch time line last I updated:
DM (download manager) can’t connect to my cable modem I have been connected to for 3 years > DM can’t connect to it’s host > DM needs and update (thats right the download manager needed to download an update for itself. > It could not. > I download update and install. > DM downloads patch to 99% then stalls out. > I flip out and download the patch manually.

]]> By: Dom http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9718 Dom Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:32:33 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2008/02/25/on-the-joys-of-auto-upgrading/#comment-9718 Here here my friend! Shouldn't it just be a given in this day and age of technology that apps such as browsers, being a necessity as they are anymore, should do this without our intervention? Leave it to Microstinks to be dragging behind. And coding for their multiple standards-ignorant browsers...ugh, my head hurts already. BTW, what OS do you use? I'm trapped in the XP world here at work, but have fairly recently started to use OS X at home. What a joy. :) Dom Here here my friend!

Shouldn’t it just be a given in this day and age of technology that apps such as browsers, being a necessity as they are anymore, should do this without our intervention?

Leave it to Microstinks to be dragging behind. And coding for their multiple standards-ignorant browsers…ugh, my head hurts already.

BTW, what OS do you use? I’m trapped in the XP world here at work, but have fairly recently started to use OS X at home. What a joy. :)

Dom

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