14431 Program Updates and News dialog failing to see latest version

[chrisjj]

See here:

[Aaron]

Hello,

If you load up Internet Explorer, does it show the correct version on our website? If you launch IE and clear it's cache, then reboot, does that clear up the Update version?

[chrisjj]

If you load up Internet Explorer, does it show the correct version on our website?

Here's what it shows:
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5...irectoryco.png
I cannot determine if it is the correct version.

If you launch IE and clear it's cache, then reboot, does that clear up the Update version?

Sorry, I can't tell you that either, because since loading the page in IE, now in BC BC's dialog box I see the same newer version number:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/337...tesandnews.png

FTR, I had not previously used IE for a long time. The first screenshot's page was in Chrome.

[Aaron]

Hello,

Beyond Compare 3's Update uses your install of IE. If for some reason the caching of IE wasn't refreshing, then BC3 would be receiving the old/cached information instead. I would double check to make sure your copy of IE is up to date and not setup to be otherwise blocked in some way.

[chrisjj]

Beyond Compare 3's Update uses your install of IE.

Oh dear. The BC system requirements make no mention that IE is required.

I would double check to make sure your copy of IE is up to date.

It is XP's standard OOTB version - 6. This XP installation meets the BC system requirements http://www.scootersoftware.com/morei...?zz=kb_require . Are you suggesting those stated system requirements are insufficient?

[Chris]

XP with IE6 is fine to run Beyond Compare 3 for Windows.

Seeing version 3.3.4 as current in the dialog was a caching issue. Either a cache locally on your computer, or a proxy server on your network caching an old version of the file.

[chrisjj]

XP with IE6 is fine to run Beyond Compare 3 for Windows.

Thanks.

Seeing version 3.3.4 as current in the dialog was a caching issue.

Could you pass on my suggestion to Devs that BC use a more reliable channel than IE? Thanks.