[TxMt] Automatic download issue.

[Allan Odgaard]

On 21/10/2005, at 17.20, Fred B. wrote:

> I really prefer to decide when I want to download things:
> Sometimes I use my PowerBook on dial-up or even thru GPRS and that  
> would be a terrible time to start a download, at 0,5 EUR for 100 KB...
>
> What's the benefit except saving one clic, anyway?

A multi-step procedure should preferably present all questions up  
front, rather than ask them throughout the process. Previously this  
was not possible because it had to ask first for the download and  
then for the install. So it's really more the intermediate delay I  
wanted to get rid of, than the redundant click.

It was also requested, presumably people who leave their machine on,  
so when they return to it, they'd rather see an “Install & Relaunch”  
then “Download”, and have to wait for the download before taking up  
any work in TM.

Another point is also, that if people use nightly builds, I really  
want them to use latest nightly build, so presenting them with  
“Install & Relaunch” with the archive already downloaded, might  
higher the odds for them to proceed.

> I can't imagine if every apps start to act like this... brrr.

Well, it _is_ possible to disable automatic version checks and do  
them manually instead — if you do it manually, TextMate will ask  
before downloading, since it already has the users attention.

But I can see the point about having to pay for every KB downloaded —  
I can add at least a hidden option for next build.