On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 04:56:57PM -0500, Jeffrey Watts wrote: > Um, auto-update sounds like a terrible feature. Have it nag, but having it > install by default is a recipe for disaster. Users HATE userspace apps > doing things without their consent. Worse, it could get the client > misidentified as malware. I concur. Which is why I originally suggested giving the user the choice via a pop-up. Detecting new version availability is trivial. I wish more clients would make use of it. John -- "I'm sorry but our engineers do not have phones." As stated by a Network Solutions Customer Service representative when asked to be put through to an engineer. "My other computer is your windows box." Ralf Hildebrandt <sxem> trying to play sturgeon while it's under attack is apparently not fun. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.us.netrek.org/pipermail/netrek-dev/attachments/20070710/40c4ef71/attachment.pgp