#2542 Add an option to have the update notification in the UI (not requiring a click).

[Damian]

Hi All,

I love KeePass, but I have a daily annoyance with it that I'd love to bypass.

The problem:
When I open KeePass, it's almost always to search for a specific entry. So, I load the program and start typing into the search bar. When there's an update available, this process is interupted, once per day, by a box that I have to click on.
Once I've been distracted from my indended use, I need to use my 'attention units' to respond to the interuption, then hope that I remember what I was doing in the first place.
I want to have update notifications!
I don't want my intended course of action to be interupted by a 'nag screen' about them.
For those of us who use even a small amount of plugins, these can be quite regular.

A potential solution:
Would it be possible to notify us about updates without interupting our use flow?

• For example, a big red warning box, to the right of the menu, which we couldn't miss when looking at the screen (I'm usually interupted while I'm 'not' looking at the screen .. because I'm typing my seach command. This is doubly frustrating because it means having to repeat the search).
• Or a warning at the top of the list of entries?
• Or a warning in the footer area?
• Or all text going red until we do the update (this may be going a bit far, but you get the idea).
  It could be anywhere in the UI. And it can be as loud and unmissable as anyone wants, it just needs to not interupt the task that the user was doing.

If some people like the pop up screen, then this suggestion could be a selectable option.
My guess is that most people would prefer this, but I just know that it would be great for me. I don't like being mildly annoyed, every day, by one of my favourite apps.

Thanks,
Damian

[Damian]

Sorry for posting twice. Please delete this one and keep 2543, "'No Click' Update Notifications (warn, but don't interrupt)"

[Paul]

You do not need updates for KeePass. There are no security holes that will be exploited by drive-bys or malformed web requests.
Turn off the update notification and the issue will go away.

If you really want to be using the latest version, check manually when you have some spare time.

cheers, Paul