View Poll Results: How do you update your addons?
I regularly check my addOn site manually. 19 25.33%
I look for updates when an addOn breaks. 7 9.33%
I update all my addOns when WoW is patched. 3 4.00%
I use the WoWInterface favourites feature. 16 21.33%
I use an update program, such as Minion or Curse Client. 30 40.00%
I don't update my addOns. 0 0%
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07-16-10, 10:32 AM   #1
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Poll: How do you update your addons?

Hello everyone,

I've been curious about this for a while, so I thought I'd do a poll to find out how people like to update their addons (that is, if I can work out how to use this poll thingy...). Personally, I prefer to use the WoWInterface favourites feature.
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07-16-10, 11:37 AM   #2
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I use minion, and manually update addons that minion doesn't have.
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07-16-10, 12:39 PM   #3
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I keep track of addons that I use and update if they are either broken or offer some new feature I like. I don't update for the sake of updating, never.
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07-16-10, 03:06 PM   #4
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Where's the "I occasionally look for updates manually"

Updating when an addon breaks or when a wow patch is almost... ehm,... mandatory (bad word)
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07-16-10, 03:16 PM   #5
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I've got the WoWInterface New and Updated Addons feed in my Google Reader, and so I can easily see every new addon, and try out any that look useful. I also see all the updates, and so I just download them whenever I see them.
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07-16-10, 04:40 PM   #6
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I update when something breaks (or I read the addon patch notes to see if something has had a new feature added that I might like. If so, I will update then also). When it breaks, I use the Curse client to update... anything not on Curse, I manually update from here.
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07-16-10, 05:05 PM   #7
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Actually I use a combination of the Fav feature here and checking the other sites b/c not everything is listed here -- damn it.

Originally Posted by cloudwolf View Post
I use minion, and manually update addons that minion doesn't have.
Wish I could use Minion but it's so bat**** crazy that I give up on it -- I try it every few months, realize it's still nutty, then uninstall it.

Minion: Hey! you need to update this addon!
Me: ok.

Minion: Hey! you need to update this addon!
Me: um...you just updated that half an hour ago and the author hasn't modified it in months, I checked
Minion: Hey! you need to update this addon! Rally, you do. Pinky-swear. I'm sooper-serial!

On and on. Why it doesn't store site update-dates along with versions I'll never know. I miss wowace's updater -- yeah, it was tailored to the svn but, damn, WoWI's mod pages are svnney enough to at least cut down on the spaz-effect. All I ask is that it does as good a job as the community page notifier
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07-16-10, 05:44 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by VincentSDSH View Post
I'm sooper-serial!
MAN-BEAR-PIG LIVES!

Anyway, I check here for updated addons, then look at the change logs to see if it's a change I need or want.

There's only one or two mods I use that aren't updated on WoWI, and I check those about once a month.

Everything is manual. That way if something is screwed up, I know who did it.
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07-16-10, 05:56 PM   #9
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I use the Curse Client for the majority of the addons, and then I manually download the addons from Wow Interface that aren't hosted on Curse
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07-17-10, 07:46 AM   #10
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If I get an error I manually look it up here to see if there's an update, I also add most of the addons I use and ones I'm really interested in to my favourites here, but I tend to only download updates if they fix something that's bothering me or add a feature I like the look of
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07-20-10, 06:10 PM   #11
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I follow the: "If it isn't broken don't fix it". So i update them manually. And I changed some addons for my use so If I update it automatically I would lose the changes I've made.
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