recommended version of driver is at the bottom of the list

[Michael Rooney]

When opening the Hardware Drivers list, I see three things:

* NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 173)
* Broadcom STA wireless driver
* NVIDIA graphics driver (version 185) [Recommended]

With a longer list, the recommended driver can even be out of view and require scrolling. If the last item is the recommended graphics driver, shouldn't it be swapped with the 173 version in position? Also, is the use-case for installing a non-recommended version really strong enough for it to even be present in the UI?

I propose that the order at least be swapped so the recommended driver is first, if not evaluate the value of listing non-recommended versions of hardware drivers.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 27 11:57:10 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.4-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=ebf61dcb-77ef-413f-acfc-02953b84ad85 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
SourcePackage: jockey
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.name: 0U8042
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA13:bd10/22/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0U8042:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Michael Rooney (mrooney)]

I'll add a papercut task as I think this potentially qualifies.

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Same here.

[Michael Rooney (mrooney)]

Thanks for confirming, should be ready for a developer to take a look at then.

[Alexey Nedilko (alexey.nedilko)]

I'd also like to add that recommended driver is not selected by default. Looks like an obvious usability paper-cut for me.

[Vish (vish)]

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. However, a paper cut should be a small usability issue, in the default Ubuntu install, that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. So this bug can't be addressed as part of this project.

- This is definitely something that needs to be fixed , but the problem does not arise in _all_ hardwares , only for hardwares which require or use proprietary drivers . Not a papercut as this is a hardware specific problem.
For further information about papercuts criteria, please read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut.

Don't worry though, this bug has been marked as "Invalid" only in the papercuts project.

[dino99 (9d9)]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

now software-properties is used