This site is rarely updated. benbrophy.com is more up-to-date. - Ben
Automatic Upgrades
A question came up in the Stellar team about whether we should upgrade old project sites (those sites that aren't ties to a semester) to the latest version of Stellar. We could do the upgrade or we could email them all asking if they wanted the upgrade.
This is a case where I think less choice better. Why ask? Just upgrade them. By asking them to decide and email us we're giving busy people another job to do (not to mention the extra work for the person who has to selectively upgrade sites as the requests come in). I do think it's worth emailing them that the improvements were made - for PR value if nothing else.
I've been using flickr.com for photos. The other day they upgraded their UI, changing the way slideshows work, etc. I haven't heard any one say "Damn, why'd they improve my site with out asking me first?"