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How should I describe a "don't notify of updates until after version X" option?


I'm working on some automatic update check code which runs when my app starts up. If there is a new version available, the user can download it or ignore this update.

If the user ignores this update, then the version number of this update is stored in a VersionForUpdateCheck preference. If this preference is set, then future checks will use this to compare against what's available on the server instead of the currently running version.

I don't know how to succinctly label this option in the preferences page. I'm currently going with the cumbersome and unclear "Notify of updates after version [EDITBOX]".

Can you think of a better wording?


Solution

  • I know I'm not answering your question, and you may have a good reason to ignore me that I don't know about, but.. why even make it visible to the user?

    On that preferences page, I would just put:

    • The current version
    • The latest available version
    • An 'Update now' button which is enabled if there's a new version.
    • And maybe an 'automatically prompt to update' checkbox