>From version 1 we force them to update to the latest release. It's so
terrible that all the things you guys are saying here are so true..
On Aug 14, 2011 6:11 PM, "John Coryat" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> -John Coryat
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