Too many popups during normal operation
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Software Updater |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Though this is a GUI tool designed to make updating easy, It can actually be more complex to use than the command-line approach. The current version represents a very good start on the usability front, but I feel that there are some big (and fairly simple) improvements that could be made.
I reported a blueprint on the usability issues with the way update-manager currently works on the 17th of September and received positive initial feedback within a few weeks. Since then, however, I have tried to get a developer to give the blueprint the go-ahead (by using the comments system) but I have not heard anything for a couple of months.
I tried contacting the driver of the project, then the bugs contact, then the ubuntu-core dev team but none have replied. I was then given the impression that blueprints are only given attention when they fix a known bug, so am reporting these usability problems as a bug :-).
Please read the blueprint at https:/
Thanks for your time.
Changed in update-manager: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
I agree.
Haven't read the blueprint but something must be done about this.
When I click the update the whole thing should hide. I mean who watches the progress of the updates? I just want to confirm the updates and be done with it.If I want to see the progress then by clicking the icon again (which should be enabled and allow only on instance [1] ) the update-manager should appear.
If the system requires an action from me then the notifications (about system/application restart etc) are enough.
This way there should be minimal changes in code.
[1] Graying out the notification doesn't work. I double/triple click-it allot by mistake and i end up with matching number of windows.