Immediate restart nearly forced by Update-Manager 12.10

[YannUbuntu]

Since 12.10

when Update-Manager has updated a kernel, a popup window appears saying:
"The computer needs to restart to finish installing updates", with a default button "Restart" highlighted.

Problems:
- The window close button is not present.
- And the gear icon has not gone red.

See screenshot.

This is quite forcing the user to restart the computer, thus it could even cause data loss as he may easily press Enter by mistake before saving his work.

[Jordon Bedwell (envygeeks)]

Nearly is subjective IMO. While I think the behavior can/should change I don't think it's forced at all. Much like Windows it allows you to minimize it but it makes sure to (try and) keep itself inside your view so that you are reminded. One thing you have to admin is that unlike Windows at least it doesn't pop up every 4 hours (at maxmum) with a timer that restarts for you even if you are unaware causing you to lose work.

Maybe take a mid-Windows style approach where a user can set a timer to remind them (as they are working) but unlike Windows don't have that timer have a timer that auto-restarts without your knowledge or telling it, I feel it's time to restart. I personally like that approach because more often than not I will want to be reminded (and the red gear icon hints at me too) but I don't want to be reminded while I'm working, but if it pops up anytime while I'm not working I would be more than happy to oblidge.

[Sami Jaktholm (sjakthol)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1033226, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.