Anyone capable of running cryptocoin wallets should have no problem managing manual installation of them.
Auto-update is a nice "show-off" feature but IMO ultimately pointless.
I myself at least prefer manual upgrades
Yes, my opinion too.
Okay then you'll like the new update as it gives you the option on whether or not to use the auto-updater.
Final question for you folks is this then: does anyone mind having to install the client through an installer to use all of the features?
again the standalone version (non-installed/portable/whatever you want to call it) will be missing these features for a little while as dynamically supporting them wasn't something we were immediately focused on)
Espersd stop; git pull; make; espersd -daemon
So I can't vote :-D
Love it! (that's how we upgrade our nodes haha)