gHacks technology news » update notifier http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Software Updates Checker http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/14/software-updates-checker/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/14/software-updates-checker/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:15:19 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=11997 update notifierOne of the main disadvantages of the Windows operating system is the lack of an internal application handling third party software updates on the computer system. An automatic update system like that offered in the Linux operating system would be increasing system security and stability of the Windows operating system. Several third party software programs are available. A while back we compared five software update checkers which were more or less able to scan the installed software programs to check their versions against a database containing the latest versions.

Update Notifier is an alternative software updates checker which can be installed or run as a portable application. The program uses a clean interface that displays the installed version of scanned software programs, the latest known version in the database and a link to a website from where the application can be downloaded in case a newer version is available. The results were correct for all tested applications which is something that several of the previously tested software updater failed in.

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A click on the download button will open the website of the software developer that contains information about the application. It takes another two clicks to start the download that is available directly from the same website. There is unfortunately no direct link to the website of the software developer itself to verify the findings or to download the software from there.

Update Notifier can be configured to filter the results list. Filters include the listing of only commercial or free software as well as listings based on the type of update available. The program can also be pointed at a folder on the local computer system containing portable applications to check those for updates as well.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/14/software-updates-checker/feed/ 18 Automatically Install Firefox Add-on Updates http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/28/automatically-install-firefox-add-on-updates/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/28/automatically-install-firefox-add-on-updates/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:28:10 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10185 One of the most annoying aspects of the Firefox web browser is the way add-ons are updated in the browser. Firefox will display that an update for an installed add-on has been released. It takes a couple if clicks and a browser restart to install the Firefox add-on. Especially having to press the button Continue after the installation has been heavily criticized as there are no other options in that dialog.

Update Notifier (via Cybernet News) automates the process by removing the user input from add-on update installations. The add-on can be configured to automatically check for Firefox add-on updates and install those add-ons automatically without user interaction. This includes an automatic restart of Firefox after downloading and installing the add-on updates.

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Update Notifier comes with a few additional settings like configuring the check interval or displaying update notifications in the Firefox status bar. The Firefox add-on takes another burden away from Firefox users who can use the add-on to automatically update add-ons in Firefox without user interaction.

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