[Sparkle] Proposed solution

[Andy Matuschak]

On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:44 AM, Andrew James wrote:
> I think it would be great is to have a little option somewhere in the
> pref pane or on its first startup, that will scan the /Applications
> folder and find Sparkle 1.x enabled applications and add their
> information to the database of feeds to check and such.

Yeah, I'll probably just go ahead and do this. Probably don't need an  
option.

On Aug 6, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Steven W Riggins wrote:
> How about checking for a new version of the app.  If there is none,  
> ask the user on QUIT.  If there is a new version, ask them on  
> LAUNCH.  That way they have a chance to get up to date.

I like this idea a lot. But I still don't like stuff getting in the  
way of quitting the app—I hate it when I click Restart and Safari is  
like "hey do you want to close all these tabs" and iTunes is like "hey  
but there's a badger connected to your library" and so on.

How about just if there's an update, offer at once; otherwise, do it  
on second launch? I'd have the text be different in the first case,  
too: "Welcome to MyApp! There's a newer version available right now;  
Sparkle Update will keep it and other supported apps on your system up  
to date. Would you like install it and update MyApp?"

- Andy Matuschak