Am 06.06.2020 um 23:53 schrieb Brian Inglis:
On 2020-06-06 14:09, Achim Gratz wrote:
Thomas Wolff writes:
Am 06.06.2020 um 20:43 schrieb ASSI:
Thomas Wolff writes:
There is no such ping on each start, it's only done when you open the
Options dialog.
I don't want that to happen just because I open the options dialog
either. So again, please remove it or put it behind a button that
clearly tells the user what is going to happen.
The version check can be disabled by setting CheckVersionUpdate=0, is
that sufficient?
If you make that the default, yes. :-)
I can find no mention of this option or action in any announcement: could you
please ensure that new options added do not change existing behaviour as far as
possible, or are clearly documented in the ANNOUNCEMENT and NEWS as breaking
compatibility, and perhaps add a setting for this option at the bottom of the
Options/Terminal dialogue, for those users who wish to enable it.
I probably blocked it in my firewall on first use, so you might also want to
warn users that they could get a firewall prompt.
It was listed in the change log of release 2.7.5. It's just an HTTP
request, so I doubt a firewall will speak up.
Anyway, my proposal is to move it to About, which seems to be common
practice now (Firefox, Thunderbird).
Votes welcome.
Thomas
