Changed ticket status from "New" to "Reviewed"
Action performed by EXreaction (Former Team Member) on May 2nd 2010, 04:43
I think the language that UMIL uses to alert users that they are using an out-dated version of UMIL needs to be re-worded.
I have seen issues where some phpBB users freak out when they see the message, "This version of UMIL is outdated. Please download the latest UMIL (Unified MOD Install Library)" and they actually try to do this in the middle of their MOD installation, and thus, can in some cases, fail to complete the install (such as running the installer file that required UMIL in the first place). A big part of the problem is that there is a link right there that can take them away from the MOD's installer file, in order to download the new UMIL.
Usually, if an older UMIL was included with a MOD, the outdated version is perfectly capable of working with that MOD to complete the installation. So it isn't exactly urgent or even necessary that the user update UMIL during the MOD installation.
I think the language could be more like: "This version of UMIL is outdated. Please download the latest UMIL (Unified MOD Install Library) from: <a href="%1$s">%1$s</a> after you have completed installation of this MOD." And the link should target a new window too, or be omitted and replaced by something like, "from phpBB.com"
Cheerio