On 25 April 2010 18:39, Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauri...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 13:55 -0300, Paulo J. S. Silva wrote: >> That is the reason while the pop-up/under/what ever is a BAD idea. And >> the reason is that it is asynchronous, so the user is getting taught >> to respond to (possibly fake) windows request their password. This is >> a path for disaster if we ever get remotely close to solving Bug n. 1. > > Option #1: Display an icon in the notification area that nobody clicks, > as a result security updates never get installed and system is > compromised from the lack of important security updates. > > Option #2: Pop-up the update dialog demanding attention, most users > click to install the important updates and system is secure as system > security updates are always applied. >
I really don't see why this is an either/or thing. Display an indicator showing whether updates are available and give a menu to allow updates to be installed or the package lists to be refreshed. It can even glow a nice red if security updates are available, or amber if they are just normal updates. Then if a user doesn't install them for a week or whatever THEN give them a more obvious prodding (although I firmly believe the current solution of popping under a window is not a good idea for the reasons already mentioned). Luke. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp