Don鈥檛 Hide Version NumbersIt breaks user expectations with no real benefit, and makes it hard to tell if you鈥檝e actually gotten the latest security fix.
Incremental Updates and the Problem of N+2It鈥檚 one thing to provide an updater that goes from version N to version N+1. But what if someone doesn鈥檛 run the updater until N+2 is available? Or worse, N+3?
Is the Xcode Updater Stuck?Watching install.log will show you whether the Xcode updater is still doing something or not.
Tell Me What Changed!When you release a new version of your software, tell me what鈥檚 new!
Update Checks Should Be More HonestSoftware updaters have a bad habit of telling you they鈥檙e up-to-date before actually checking - and worse, telling you they鈥檝e just confirmed it鈥檚 current when they actually couldn鈥檛 get an answer.