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Prompt for update better please

Pardon my forwardness, but the updates for SQL Source Control and SQL Change Automation in SSMS can be drastically improved with a simple change.



As you can see, the SQL Prompt update message is small and discrete in the bottom-right.  The SQL Source Control and SQL Change Automation updates block the title bar though.  I can't use critical features until I dismiss the message ... which usually means I forget.  SQL Prompt happily waits for me to be ready, not blocking me from critical functions.

Please change SQL Source Control's and SQL Change Automation's update prompt to match SQL Prompt.
robrich
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  • robrich
    Bummer.  It appears embedding the image via copy/paste and via URL didn't work.  The image I created is at https://pasteboard.co/Id4xSm4.png
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  • AlexYates
    +1 😊
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  • Roseanna
    Thanks for your feedback @robrich. I've passed this onto the SCA and SoC development teams.
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  • NeilTurner
    Hi @robrich.  Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the current update banner isn't ideal as it blocks the title bar. Ideally the bar would be below or as you mention appear as a notification in the bottom right of the screen.

    The update banner is a shared component across multiple Redgate products. I'll raise the possibility of looking at this with the design team because it would mean changing the update behaviour across a number of our desktop products. SQL Prompt uses this notification design pattern it doesn't have a window of it's own (being embedded within SSMS / Visual Studio).
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  • robrich
    @Neil: in SQL Compare and Data Compare, the banner is vertically below the menus so I can still use the product when the banner is shown.  In both SQL Source Control and SQL Change Automation, the banner is exactly the same vertical space as the menus ... so I'm blocked from using the product until I dismiss the banner.  Even moving the existing control below the menus would do a world for usability.
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