Paint.NET: The friendliest update in town
As far as update processes go, Paint.NET has the best in town. Just check out this dialog that you see when launching the program and note how friendly it is. It’s saying "Hi! I’m sure you have some image editing to do. When you’re done, I’d be happy to update myself. Just let me know.” Thanks, Paint.NET!
Let’s see how some other software on my machine stacks up. Here’s Adobe. It doesn’t even wait until I use the software, but just pops up at random times throughout the day. Actually, this screenshot isn’t even from my machine since I get so annoyed at Adobe Updater I don’t allow it to run.
FileZilla and Firefox are a little better, in that they only pop up when I’m using the software. But not quite as friendly as Paint.NET since they expect me to either install the update before I use the software or not install the update. This isn’t bad, but not near as slick as Paint.NET. When I launch software, I want to USE it, not UPDATE it.
So my hat’s off to the guys at Paint.NET for letting me update my software while staying out of my way!