"Software Up to Date" should be called "Software Updater"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ayatana Design |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Session Menu |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
indicator-session (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The Indicator Session Menu item "Software Up to Date" implies a state, which is yet to be determined by actually clicking this item; hence we face a race condition in the design of our menu/ui. The state which is yet to be determined is indicated before it is even known, which again is impossible.
Much better would be to name the item "Software Updater", especially because this is consistent with what happens, when the item is clicked or tapped on.
Clicking the item does not invoke the state "Software Up to Date", but it invokes an appliance, which offers different interaction possiblilities related to Software Updating. Such an appliance would be best named a Software Updater appliance, for short "Software Updater" - this is in great accord with the law of correspondence.
MPT has already specified this name in his spec, also mentioned here:
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an asian proverb says: "solve one problem and a thousand problems vanish along with it"
description: | updated |
Changed in indicator-session: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in indicator-session: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
For the sake of consistency, this bug is blocked on bug #618723 for now.