Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-notifier
Hello, I am using Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 (Upgraded via Distribution Update
from 7.10) with update-notifier 0.70.6.
After upgrading a kernel, or installing important software, an icon
appears with a tooltip and message saying that the system needs to be
restarted. The design is well made, but the grammar and sentence
structure is (really) bad.
This is the tooltip for the icon: "System restart required"
Ok, that's good :)
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Now this is the message that appears from the icon:
"System restart required
To complete the update of your system, restart your system.
Click on the notification icon to restart your system"
Ah! The word system is repeated 4 times!!! This is my suggestion:
"System restart required
To complete the update of your system, restart your computer.
Click here for details..."
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And this is the message in the dialog:
"Restart Required
In order to complete the update of your system it needs to be restarted.
Until you do so, security updates may not be fully applied, newly
inserted or supported hardware may not function and new services may not
be available.
Please make sure that you save all of your work before restarting."
Everything there seems right except for the 2nd sentence. This is my
suggestion:
"Restart Required
In order to complete the update of your system, your computer needs to
be restarted.
Until you do so, security updates may not be fully applied, newly
inserted or supported hardware may not function, and new services may
not be available.
Please make sure that you save all of your work before restarting."
The difference: Check the 2nd sentence, and in the third sentence a comma is
added near the end.
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Now the bad user-friendliness. Clicking on the icon shows the dialog, which
easily disappears in the mess of the user's desktop. The dialog is not shown in
the Alt-Tab Menu or Window List, and gets hidden when "Show Desktop" is
pressed. The only way to find it is to minimize all windows. Also, even if it
does get hidden, clicking on the icon does not bring it back up top - nothing
happens.
As a resolution, making the dialog "Always on Top" may help, so that the
user sees what he has to do. And clicking on the icon should bring the
window back to the top.
Thank you :)
Attached is a screenshot of the update-manager after a kernel update.
** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Bad user-friendliness and grammar in "System Restart Required" Dialog/Messages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211616
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