The difficulty is not adding a menu entry, but creating from scratch a "check for updates" feature, with conventions to create both in the application and on the server (how do we know there has been an update?).
As a workaround, currently, one can use the Java Web Start version just to detect updates.
Didier
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There is no standard (cross-platform) way of launching a browser.
And that would not really be "checking for updates".
Otherwise, a simple HTML file named "Check for updates" would do just as well.
(Which I *don't* think would be an answer to the request.)
Didier
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People who want to stay abreast of OmegaT developments can/should subscribe to the OmegaT user list.
For those who don't want to do that, I agree with Didier that the Web Start version is the best solution. I am referring to this as the "Install and Forget" version on the download page.
Two things that would be an improvement, if they are possible:
The option to read update announcements from OmT whilst not receiving all messages. (I can understand people not necessarily wanting to receive the entire OmT traffic.) Is there a way of implementing this in Yahoo!?
Making the Java Web Start functionality consistent with the standard version, which is not possible at the moment.
Note: I am not suggesting that either of these are particularly important, just that I would see them as more constructive solutions to adding an "upgrade" button in OmegaT.
Marc
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@Didier: The difficulty is ... creating from scratch a
"check for updates" feature, with conventions to create both in the
application and on the server
I see. Both the server side and the user side must be time/version stamped. So there' s the transition problem as well.
Regarding all the rattle about special mails - we agree push is better than pull and there must be better ways than POEMS (Plain Old Email System) + Didier's time.
But it is not impossible - given the fact WebStart approach does it. And so does FF. And TB. Tortoise. Notepad++. Filezilla,T0 3000, - oh yes - Microsoft Office, SDL Trados, MemoQ, OpenOffice .... I give up (g)
The difficulty is not adding a menu entry, but creating from scratch a "check for updates" feature, with conventions to create both in the application and on the server (how do we know there has been an update?).
As a workaround, currently, one can use the Java Web Start version just to detect updates.
Didier
The function could "just" launch a browser that points at the download page.
There is no standard (cross-platform) way of launching a browser.
And that would not really be "checking for updates".
Otherwise, a simple HTML file named "Check for updates" would do just as well.
(Which I *don't* think would be an answer to the request.)
Didier
People who want to stay abreast of OmegaT developments can/should subscribe to the OmegaT user list.
For those who don't want to do that, I agree with Didier that the Web Start version is the best solution. I am referring to this as the "Install and Forget" version on the download page.
Two things that would be an improvement, if they are possible:
The option to read update announcements from OmT whilst not receiving all messages. (I can understand people not necessarily wanting to receive the entire OmT traffic.) Is there a way of implementing this in Yahoo!?
Making the Java Web Start functionality consistent with the standard version, which is not possible at the moment.
Note: I am not suggesting that either of these are particularly important, just that I would see them as more constructive solutions to adding an "upgrade" button in OmegaT.
Marc
Regarding the Yahoo group, people can subscribe to "notices only" and get only the messages that are sent as notices.
> Regarding the Yahoo group, people can subscribe to "notices only" and get only the messages that are sent as notices.
So, OmT subscribers can be made aware of this option, and new release announcements can be sent as notices. Sounds like a good solution to me.
@Didier: The difficulty is ... creating from scratch a
"check for updates" feature, with conventions to create both in the
application and on the server
I see. Both the server side and the user side must be time/version stamped. So there' s the transition problem as well.
Regarding all the rattle about special mails - we agree push is better than pull and there must be better ways than POEMS (Plain Old Email System) + Didier's time.
But it is not impossible - given the fact WebStart approach does it. And so does FF. And TB. Tortoise. Notepad++. Filezilla,T0 3000, - oh yes - Microsoft Office, SDL Trados, MemoQ, OpenOffice .... I give up (g)
smo
PS: forgot windows 7;)
PPS: Adobe ...
... shut TF UP! ....
How about this one?
http://www.omegat.org/config/versions.txt
Yes, it didn't exist at the time those comments were made.
Didier
This doesn't seem significantly different from [#293], so I am closing as duplicate.
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Feature Requests:
#293