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Re: Announcing apt-watch: a Gnome 2 panel applet to check for upgrades



On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 04:51:04PM +0100, Bas Zoetekouw wrote:
> > Whatever you do, don't do the flashing. Flashing and animating draw
> > far too much attention; effectively this puts psychological pressure on
> > people to update immediately, as soon as there's a release. 
> 
> Why is this bad, exactly? 

Because it puts unnecessary strain on mirrors, for one thing?

I agree that it should be non-intrusive.

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