Frequency of updates
Posted: 2017-06-26 04:20
I know regular frequent releases is the Agile way, but there is a growing problem with windows applications, in that every time you run something the application wants to update itself. Filezilla's version update dialog is pretty annoying and seems to launch frequently, if you have file zilla installed on multiple machines, you might think you're installing a new version of filezilla every day (What FUN!? NOT!). Obviously you need to apply a different methodology when deploying windows applications as opposed to a web site that can be seamlessly upgraded with zero downtime.
If you're going to release so frequently, I'd suggest you find a less obtrusive interface than a popup to prompt users to update, like a notification icon in the status bar. Maybe launch a popup if the user hasn't updated in a while, or only for major releases and bug fixes.
Looking at the release history, it seems you've released 13 times this year which is an average of a release every two weeks, and all of those releases look extremely minor.
If you're going to release so frequently, I'd suggest you find a less obtrusive interface than a popup to prompt users to update, like a notification icon in the status bar. Maybe launch a popup if the user hasn't updated in a while, or only for major releases and bug fixes.
Looking at the release history, it seems you've released 13 times this year which is an average of a release every two weeks, and all of those releases look extremely minor.