I released Process Lasso v3.82.3 a couple days ago. It has only a few very minor fixes and adjustments to the user interface. I did not feel this update warranted being pushed out to users of v3.82.2. To be clear, users of prior versions (i.e. v3.82.0) *would* get notified of this minor update.
Unfortunately, this caused some confusion, as I've had a few people ask me if the update system is broken. For that reason, I've decided to go ahead and push v3.82.3 out to all users - even those of v3.82.2. I am not sure if this is the right move or not, as I really hate to bother users with unnecessary updates.
What do you think? Should I always tell users of every update, no matter how minor -- or should I continue to leave it at my own discretion? Keep in mind that Process Lasso only checks for updates once a week, a parameter I intend to allow for changing when I finally finish the automated updates code.
My users are the best
I say this every post, but I have the best users in the world. Please, keep telling me of even the smallest anomalies in the user interface or elsewhere. I want a perfect product, and sometimes I miss the little user interface things in QA. I test the core engine well because its testing is automated, but the user interface is much more difficult to test since it requires manually going through each option, etc. I do code review, and try my best, but it is users who make the difference. Yes, I still haven't gotten over the pane positioning anomalies in the first builds of v3.80. Who knows how many users they cost me, and how badly my reputation was damaged. Worst, it hurt my self-confidence, but I'm recovering now. Nobody is perfect, and at least the quirk wasn't something critical like a memory leak.
Memory leaks in other applications
Speaking of memory leaks, I noticed one in a competitor's software the other day. I see these in so many applications. It is no wonder so many users have to reboot their computers daily! I know, I am far from perfect myself, but memory leaks are a serious issue that can cause severe performance degradation as the paging subsystem becomes overwhelmed. For the record, I am NOT speaking of Process Tamer, which is fine software written by my friend Mouser. I will not mention the competitor by name, as I don't want to talk badly of anyone.
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