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How often do you pause to read the release notes? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Some apps on my phone will pop up with a dialog containing the release notes the first launch after an update. I find myself dismissing them almost immediately since

  1. due to automatic updates, I don't go into an app aware of updates and anticipating changes
  2. I have a task in mind when opening the app and just want to get straight to it

It's not always obvious where to bring up the release notes again once they are dismissed. So I wonder, do developers include such popups with the expectation that many users will stop to read them, are most users just as hasty as I am, or both?

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[โ€“] 4 points 5 months ago

It depends on how relevant I expect those changes to be to me. For programming languages or libraries I use often for example, I'll always read change logs. For other software, I'll likely only look at it if I'm waiting for a specific bug fix or feature.

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