Re: Require suggestions on feature #5766

Okay, I will implement it as per the suggestions.

Thanks

On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

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> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 at 10:58, Anil Sahoo <anil(dot)sahoo(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
> wrote:
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>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> As discussed I moved with auto-update of pgAdmin 4 application in macOs
>> system locally. It is successful.
>> So now I have to do some additional user experience improvements.
>>
>> Listing down some ways we can show the user that a new version is
>> available and he can download and install it.
>>
>> *Option 1:*
>>
>> Show a dialog with the released features and fixes(mentioned in the
>> release note) with *"Download & Restart"* and *"Cancel"* buttons. This
>> dialog will be shown only when the application starts for the first time of
>> the day.
>>
>> Benefits of showing this dialog will help users to know about the new
>> features and bugs fixed available in the latest version.
>>
>> "Download & Restart" button will download the latest version and quit the
>> app and install and open the latest app. "Cancel" will cancel the
>> notification.
>>
>> *Option 2:*
>>
>> We are currently showing a warning notification of the latest version
>> available, if the older version is being used by the user, we can add *"Download
>> & Restart"* and *"Cancel" * buttons. And those buttons will work the way
>> they are working in Option 1.
>>
>> Additionally we will add *"Check for updates"* option in pgAdmin 4
>> native menu, if any time a user wants to check for updates manually then
>> can prefer this and if update is available then the *"Restart to update"*
>> option will show and if clicked will quit the app and install the latest
>> version.
>>
>> Let me know in which way we can proceed.
>>
>
> Option 1 seems good to me; though the current notifier should continue to
> work as it does now if a particular distribution channel doesn't support
> auto-updates (for example, the EDB PostgreSQL Installer).
>
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