> > John I think the solution is to nag users at regular intervals (like > on startup) that a new version is available. I do it (and get good > roll forward rates). > > TreKing probably does it better than I since he provides an RSS feed > of what's new. > That's the kind of thing that should be baked into most apps IMHO. > Simple stuff that reduces the cost of development by taking away some > of the maintenance pain. > > I guess the lesson to be learned here is to not rely on the market to get your users to update. I changed the message to only pop up when the server gets near capacity, there by punishing those that didn't update while rewarding those that did. I should put the message as a non-terminal pop-up for those that are on the old version along with a warning that the app will be shut off soon.
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