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Online installations are good, provided there is an option to download and install. This is critical for people who have high speed connections at office and already did the installation once and now wants to install at home or another machine. You should not have to download it again for every machine.
Thomas
modified 29-Aug-18 21:01pm.
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I use AOL. Almost every time when I dial-in, there will be a pop-up dialog telling me a new version is available and ask why I haven't upgraded yet.
Don't get me wrong, I would like bugfixes. But I don't need fancy new features, I just use AOL to connect to the internet. The problem is, the user has never been told what kind of bugs have been fixed in each upgrade. Even if I decline to accept the upgrade, AOL will still download new versions of files onto my machine. It used to create separate directories like AOL4.0a, AOL4.0b, AOL4.0c, etc., each new directory seems to contain a whole copy of AOL software, which was very annoying.
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AOL = Another Online Loser
Get a real ISP and use IE.;P
Dave Huff
There are no small projects - only young ones.
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I believe that online updates affect the end user very strongly. Even for me, when I see windows connecting to the update site and telling me I can download this new patch, it feels good. With each new update, I get this irrational feeling of happiness as if I've done something really cool to my OS. Even if it a stupid bug fix, it feels nice. The end user feels absoultely uptodate. Like he can tell his friends that his software is as new as 5 minutes ago.
Nish
It's seven o'clock
On the dot
I'm in my drop top
Cruisin' the streets - Oh yeah
I got a real pretty, pretty little thing that's waiting for me
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote:
With each new update, I get this irrational feeling of happiness as if I've done something really cool to my OS.
Nish, we really need to talk....
Christian
The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Nish, we really need to talk....
LOL
So, now you are implying that I've gone bats eh?
Nish 
It's seven o'clock
On the dot
I'm in my drop top
Cruisin' the streets - Oh yeah
I got a real pretty, pretty little thing that's waiting for me
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Christian Graus wrote:
Nish, we really need to talk....
Said by the same guy who admitted to getting an irrational feeling of happiness (or "kick") from having used ASP to talk to a COM component...
Actually I agree with Nish. When I see "updates available" and they download, install and patch my system all with two mouse clicks I think "fffaarrkkk, that is cool."
Much better than the days of "pop in cd, run setupsp1.exe, click fifty billion options, say 'Yes I am bloody sure' twenty times, wait for it to install, have to close down everything so it does not tell me to close down everything..." and so on.
regards,
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
"The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
Sonork ID: 100.9903 Stormfront
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Paul Watson wrote:
Actually I agree with Nish. When I see "updates available" and they download, install and patch my system all with two mouse clicks I think "fffaarrkkk, that is cool."
I think *what has just been broken* ?
Christian
The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little.
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Although this seems cool from the users end, think of it from the developers. You fix a bug and you don't have to send out 5000+ CD's to all your users to update them. Just dump it onto your web-site/FTP server and wey-hey!
Makes life much easier from this end 
Roger Allen
Sonork 100.10016
If I'm not breathing, I'm either dead or holding my breath.
A fool jabbers, while a wise man listens. But is he so wise to listen to the fool?
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Roger Allen wrote:
Makes life much easier from this end
Yeah, that too
Nish
It's seven o'clock
On the dot
I'm in my drop top
Cruisin' the streets - Oh yeah
I got a real pretty, pretty little thing that's waiting for me
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I agree that this is a good option. But you can't assume ALL your users will like it. There are alot of (paranoid?) people out there who don't like seeing their software connecting back to some site for fear of 'Big Brother' watching them.
Just a thought.
Zack
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I turn this option OFF! The last thing I need is Microsoft automatically downloading an update on the 12 production machines in my office. What happens if the 'update' fixes one behavior but destroys another? Let me download the updates on a test machine, see how it affects the essential software for my business, decide if the balance between security and how it affects my business-process is acceptable, then go to the Microsoft Corporate Update site, create and download my own distributable update package, then deploy it across the business.
I'm not the only one who thinks this way. The fact that Microsoft even has a 'Corporate Update' site attests to this. I think most corporate IT departments don't want their users haphazardly downloading untested updates.
I like Microsoft, but let's be honest. Can you blindly trust an update from a company whose software is rife with security issues, or who releases an update only to remove it later because there was something not quite right about it, or provides an 'update to an update'?
-Sean
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"Vigilance With Pride"
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