Comments on: Must-have feature for web-apps: auto-update. http://www.seancolombo.com/2008/06/29/must-have-feature-for-web-apps-auto-update/ My little corner of the internet. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Joe http://www.seancolombo.com/2008/06/29/must-have-feature-for-web-apps-auto-update/comment-page-1/#comment-4401 Joe Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:32:30 +0000 http://www.seancolombo.com/?p=71#comment-4401 For what it's worth, WordPress (which definitely isn't the pinnacle of software development) is moving towards integrated update capabilities. It exists now for plug-ins, which is a move in the right direction. It also currently notifies you when there is a new version available as well. Personally, I'd rather do the install manually taking all possible precautions than have my web-app try and do it for me... only to find that it failed and needs to be done manually anyway. For what it’s worth, WordPress (which definitely isn’t the pinnacle of software development) is moving towards integrated update capabilities. It exists now for plug-ins, which is a move in the right direction. It also currently notifies you when there is a new version available as well.

Personally, I’d rather do the install manually taking all possible precautions than have my web-app try and do it for me… only to find that it failed and needs to be done manually anyway.

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