Concept: Redesigning the Update UI for Mac Apps ⇥

This is very clever, but it still doesn’t remove the most intrusive aspect of updating apps. The main problem with Sparkle and system updates is that they’re interrupting you as you’re using the application or your computer. The way Chrome and Firefox fix this is that they download the update in the background and install it the next time the app is launched. That’s the smartest, least-intrusive way to install updates.