Looking over stats for the Mac app. 90% of users on macOS 26 or 27. 98% on Apple Silicon. Only thing I’d like to change going forward is to check for new versions a little more aggressively, so people don’t miss out on improvements. I’m not sure the 2006-era Sparkle UI is the best in 2026.
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@manton it's less about the UI specifically as the workflow.
the new system assumes you have high-speed internet and enough disk space and that new versions won't break existing projects or add-ons.
those are assumptions that definitely weren't universal in 2010.
@isaiah Interesting. I wish I knew how many people have disabled auto checking. I think I’d rather require that but make the “new version available” prompt less annoying / modal.
@manton i've had my own fork of sparkle for years. it's not really anything like the current version.
although i still give options to make every version a prompt and let users decide if they want to install it… that's not the default behavior anymore.
now i opt them into "automatically download and install in the background"
this downloads every new version in the background. if there's a new version fully downloaded when the user Quits the app, it will auto-install.