Comments on: Water, Water Everywhere http://www.allaboutbalance.com/water-water-everywhere/ Usability Advice and Critiques by Rob Slifka Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:07:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rob http://www.allaboutbalance.com/water-water-everywhere/#comment-81 Rob Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:21:22 +0000 http://www.allaboutbalance.com/index.php/water-water-everywhere/#comment-81 Hi Ryan, thanks for taking the time to comment. You bring up an interesting point. Some developers (e.g. Microsoft with the Vista SP1 release) have trained us to be skeptical of automatic updates. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9063479 For me I have to think of the number of times I refused to update when prompted. Programs like Adobe's Creative Suite (Photoshop, Fireworks, etc.). These seem to be updated on a fairly regular basis and I always accept the installs. McAfee automatically installs the latest virus updates (contrary to the options available in that dialog, strangely enough :) and I'm happy to know I have the latest security without being interrupted - rather that my PC is protecting itself when I'm not around. Pretty cool :) Perhaps Windows could keep track of programs I've allowed "automatic" update for? Similar to how it runs its own autoupdate... Hi Ryan, thanks for taking the time to comment.

You bring up an interesting point. Some developers (e.g. Microsoft with the Vista SP1 release) have trained us to be skeptical of automatic updates.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9063479

For me I have to think of the number of times I refused to update when prompted. Programs like Adobe’s Creative Suite (Photoshop, Fireworks, etc.). These seem to be updated on a fairly regular basis and I always accept the installs. McAfee automatically installs the latest virus updates (contrary to the options available in that dialog, strangely enough :) and I’m happy to know I have the latest security without being interrupted - rather that my PC is protecting itself when I’m not around. Pretty cool :)

Perhaps Windows could keep track of programs I’ve allowed “automatic” update for? Similar to how it runs its own autoupdate…

]]> By: theryman http://www.allaboutbalance.com/water-water-everywhere/#comment-80 theryman Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:16:26 +0000 http://www.allaboutbalance.com/index.php/water-water-everywhere/#comment-80 Maybe it is just me, but I like to know what is going on with my computer. I would have a big problem with my programs automatically downloading updates, because I have many of my applications fine tuned to work extremely well on my system. An update could throw this out of whack if i was not prompted beforehand and able to immediately change some options. On top of that, I just have a beef with things being put on to my computer without my knowledge. Call me crazy, but I am sure that any application could be cracked and used to download adware and malware onto my computer. Maybe it is just me, but I like to know what is going on with my computer. I would have a big problem with my programs automatically downloading updates, because I have many of my applications fine tuned to work extremely well on my system. An update could throw this out of whack if i was not prompted beforehand and able to immediately change some options.

On top of that, I just have a beef with things being put on to my computer without my knowledge. Call me crazy, but I am sure that any application could be cracked and used to download adware and malware onto my computer.

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