An "update now" button for the Dolphin auto-updater?
I haven't used the auto-updater because I prefer, out of habit, to run as few "automatic" or "background" tasks as possible. Obviously these days computers are so powerful it doesn't really matter, but I still like the idea.
Some thoughts/tl;dr tirade:
-I wonder if it could be a drop-down option within the current options list for Don't Update/Stable/Beta/Dev for the greatest simplicity of implementation?
-May increase downloads/bandwidth costs from users like me who don't want to run background tasks, but are deterred from frequently updating by the comparative hassle of using a web browser, extracting archives, etc.
-May decrease downloads from users who don't want to play on older versions for whom Dev is the most appealing, but don't open Dolphin several times a day to really notice those minute differences. I guess they'd have to want to bother opening the Config Tab, though, which is unlikely as it's less convenient.
-Which is it - Config or Settings? I click the "Config" button, but the "Settings" window opens
Also curious if the auto-update stats are being tracked and what the usage is - I'm sure you don't have billions of users (yet), but if bandwidth could conceivably become a concern as more people move to QT and Dolphin becomes more popular, and it looks like everyone is choosing "Dev", and it's set up to where every client sends their update request at the exact same times every day...An "update now" button on the home screen would be a less attractive but functional balance of convenience and bandwidth in such a case, I think.
Thanks if you read this far! I sincerely appreciate everyone's contributions here in time and typing!
I haven't used the auto-updater because I prefer, out of habit, to run as few "automatic" or "background" tasks as possible. Obviously these days computers are so powerful it doesn't really matter, but I still like the idea.
Some thoughts/tl;dr tirade:
-I wonder if it could be a drop-down option within the current options list for Don't Update/Stable/Beta/Dev for the greatest simplicity of implementation?
-May increase downloads/bandwidth costs from users like me who don't want to run background tasks, but are deterred from frequently updating by the comparative hassle of using a web browser, extracting archives, etc.
-May decrease downloads from users who don't want to play on older versions for whom Dev is the most appealing, but don't open Dolphin several times a day to really notice those minute differences. I guess they'd have to want to bother opening the Config Tab, though, which is unlikely as it's less convenient.
-Which is it - Config or Settings? I click the "Config" button, but the "Settings" window opens
Also curious if the auto-update stats are being tracked and what the usage is - I'm sure you don't have billions of users (yet), but if bandwidth could conceivably become a concern as more people move to QT and Dolphin becomes more popular, and it looks like everyone is choosing "Dev", and it's set up to where every client sends their update request at the exact same times every day...An "update now" button on the home screen would be a less attractive but functional balance of convenience and bandwidth in such a case, I think.
Thanks if you read this far! I sincerely appreciate everyone's contributions here in time and typing!
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Win 10 x64 LTSB (Look it up!); ASUS ROG X370 Mobo; AMD Ryzen 2600X w/PBO; 2x8GB GSkill FlareX DDR4 3200Mhz; ASUS ROG RX580 8GB; Samsung 960 EVO nVME