Comment 282 for bug 332945
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| Matt Wheeler (funkyhat) wrote Re: [Bug 332945] Re: [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information | #282 |
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2009/4/29 mac_v <email address hidden>:
> Matt Wheeler wrote:
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>> My friend, who is quite technical (works in the IT department in a school), said he preferred the new system because before he would just ignore the orange icon (even though he knew what it meant).
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> quite technical but doesnt update? wow! and works in the IT department!
He doesn't teach, but that is irrelevant, and confirms my point. If even IT staff are ignoring updates unless they are prompted by a window opening, how many normal users are doing the same?
I actually don't like the windows popping up, but I am quite happy setting the gconf key to revert to the old behaviour.
If the changes mean more people will keep their system up to date then I think it is a good thing.
Actually I think that keeping the orange/red notification icon *as well* as making the window pop up could be a good default, as it would satisfy the desire to have a persistent notification, as well as being a more obvious prompt that something needs to be done.
In fact, if an icon in the update-manager window matches the notification icon that would serve to demostrate what the icon in the notification area is for, as well as helping to confirm that this window is trustworthy (notification icon appears at the same time as the window, clicking on the icon focuses the window).
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Matt Wheeler
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