Comment 407 for bug 332945

> I had been very vocal here opposing the change but i went with it...
> And *even though it might not have been the intended purpose* for the
> removal of the icon, *I have found the icon removal useful* ...
> *Now I dont think much about the updates* , there is no icon nagging me
> about the updates.

...

> * From an idea proposed by David Siegel , And further expanding
> it....
>
> When the user receives the updates notification,user "chooses to
> download & Install the packages" ,
> * Installation of Updates the dont require restart are done
> immediately,
> * Before starting the installation of package+dependencies, which
> requires a restart, the user is warned that this particular package
> requires a reboot.
> * User either chooses, "install now" or "during next boot" .

If I am working I want to ignore the update message. I will have time
for it later in the day. I don't want to decide anything, I want to keep
on working. This is already decided. I don't want to take an action. I
don't want a pop-up/pop-under (so I have to actively close it). I want a
notification for this. It will go away by itself. Maybe a scarier
notification (with a different background color, red for example), can
be good. So that even though I am free to ignore it, I will know that it
is red, then it is a system notification.

> * When the user has chosen not to download updates , These
> notification repeat again at a later
> time[10mins/30mins/1hr/4hrs/1day/7days],which the user chooses from a
> drop-down menu and if the user tries to shutdown before updating he is
> reminded again via the same alerts.

Really? Usually, if I do not choose to update right away it is because I
am concentrating on what I am doing. Usually I can not accurately
predict for how long I will work to define the exact moment the update
notification should appear again. If the notification appears while I am
still concentrating I will not look at it. Or are you talking about the
pop-under (that would annoy me again if I am working)?

I would greatly prefer to have a constant reminder in the panel.

Paulo

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Paulo José da Silva e Silva
Professor Associado, Dep. de Ciência da Computação
(Associate Professor, Computer Science Dept.)
Universidade de São Paulo - Brazil

e-mail: <email address hidden> Web: http://www.ime.usp.br/~pjssilva

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