[updates] needs design/implementation consolidation between system and click updates

[Sebastien Bacher]

The current design [1] has merged updates for system and click packages, into the same settings panel.

It seems like some people believe that implementing both in the same UI would be difficult (I'm not convinced, they would have separate sources/backend and it would just mean packing another list in the UI which should be trivial).

We should figure out what we do for v1....

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Phone>: "To minimize UI complexity, and for consistency with the PC, both types of update should be presented in the same interface."

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Specification updated. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates?action=diff&rev2=144&rev1=143>

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

I was going to file a bug about the system update interface needing a little design love, but since it looks like there is already going to a revamp I'll just leave a comment here.

- When there are no new updates, the text currently reads "No software update available" In my opinion, something along the lines of "Your system is up to date" would be preferable. It would feel more reassuring.

- The last updated time and date could be a bit more human readable. For instance, right now mine reads: "2013-11-14 16:37:49" Do I really need to know the seconds? I'm using 12-hr time every where else, but this displays 24-hr.

- On a related note, wouldn't the time that the user last checked for an update be better to display rather than the last time an update was applied?

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

> In my opinion, something along the lines of "Your system is up to date" would be preferable.

Oops, fixed. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates?action=diff&rev2=146&rev1=144> Thanks, Andrew.

> The last updated time and date could be a bit more human readable.

I don't see that kind of date anywhere. Where is it displayed?

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

>> The last updated time and date could be a bit more human readable.
>
> I don't see that kind of date anywhere. Where is it displayed?

I won't have be around my Nexus 4 for the next few days, so I can't confirm that someone hasn't already changed it. But I do have a screenshot laying around showing this (see attached).

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Thanks, reported that as bug 1256366.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

This is fixed now, right?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

it is indeed, thanks Matthew!