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how come i’m getting a nag screen while there is still time left in my paid subscription. that’s really bad. please tell me there is a way to disable that.
The “nag screen” is supposed to remind you 1 time, each time MyEclipse is started, if your subscription is within 30-days of expiry. Is it reminding you more often than that? If so, it’s a bug and if you can help us determine a set of events that causes it we’ll do our best to fix it before the new release.
Yes, it does so every time I start eclipse. That technique is called a “nag screen” for a reason: it is supposed to be mildly annoying to encourage users to pay for evaluation software. You’re saying MyEclipse has purposely added a nag screen for the enitre final month of my *PAID FOR* subscription? How obnoxious is that? Very bad form.
I certainly respect your opinion, but the reason the screen exists is simply so our users won’t start up MyEclipse and be prevented from working effectively due to a “suddenly expired” subscription. For example, you get inspired to do some work at 3am, crank up MyEclipse, and you’re subscription has expired. I think everyone can agree that this would be a bad thing. Of course, you could immediately go online and update your subscription electronically, but personally I would be too crazy about doing that at 3am when I was inspired to work. So, the software reminds you to prevent this from happening.
I think it’s the frequency of reminders that is the issue. For an individual that purchases their own subscription electronically it’s likely too much. I would imagine that you’re probably in this group. However, for some companies it’s still not enough because their purchase processes take more than 30 days to complete. So, a few years ago we decided that a “once at restart” reminder within 30 days seemed reasonable. But you can’t please everyone with a single setting.
I think the best solution might be to add a “remind me again in…” dialog so you can pick something like (1 day, 5 days, 10 days, never). That seems rather standard these days. Would that be a decent compromise to address your concerns with the current scheme?
I appreciate your taking the time to look for a good compromise. Yes, IMO that would be a much more user-friendly solution.
