"Use this Source" button unclear

Bug #557579 reported by Brian Murray
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

 affects ubuntu/software-center

When testing a daily Live CD from 2010-04-07 I launched Software Center
and searched for "celestia". After clicking on celestia I was presented
with a button that said "Use This Source". However, there is no clear
indication as to what "This" is. Additionally, the line below the
button says "To show information about this item, the software catalog
needs updating". I think it would be more informative and make more
sense if the button were to say "Update Sources". Or it might be event
better to provide an explanation to what sources are and why they need
updating.

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Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master
Days running Lucid: 57

Tags: lucid ui ux
Revision history for this message
Tim McNamara (tim-clicks) wrote :

This confused me too.

tags: added: lucid ui ux
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report.

Comments from the .pot file:
#. FIXME: deal with the EULA stuff
#. FIXME: use a proper message here, but we are in string freeze
msgid "Use This Source"

So apparently it's a known issue.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Kiwinote (kiwinote) wrote :

Although one could argue that the concept of sources still isn't incredibly clear, in maverick the situation from in lucid was greatly improved, so I'll mark this bug as fixed.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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