On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > +1 on not reaching out over the network or doing anything without user > input. > > I'm also nervous about the software update icon in the control panel > going out over the network and doing something immediately after you > click and before you do anything else with the Update interface. Is > there any precedent or guidelines on what happens first after you choose > a Sugar Control Panel option?
These are usually implemented in 1 of 2 ways. It may be implemented as a menu item titled "Check for updates" or similar, which makes the desire to actually initiate the action implicit in selecting it. It can also be implemented as a control panel module, in which case there's usually a "Check now" button, in addition to information such as the time/date of the last successful update, and options to set up automatic update checks. In our case, we do offer a "Cancel" button, which would prevent this update scenario from taking over the system/bandwidth completely. However, a "Check now" button would also work just fine. - Eben > Has anyone tested the SW updater control panel over low-BW or offline? > > I'd rather see it land on a nice GUI that explains what will happen and > gives you the option to click and check for the latest activities. > > Thanks, > > Greg S > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:47:42 -0400 >> From: "Eben Eliason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [sugar] New joyride build 2258 >> Cc: Sugar Mailing List <sugar@lists.laptop.org>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Message-ID: >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Build Announcer v2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> --- Changes for sugar 0.81.8-2.20080806git0fc57309f3.olpc3 from >>> 0.81.8-1.fc9 --- >>> + 7495 open cp software-updater on first boot after an update >> >> I don't want this! I keep shouting about it and no one seems to be >> listening! Home absolutely needs to be home base, especially after an >> update. I'm fine with tossing up a non-modal alert at boot which >> prompts the user to update right away, with a button which reveals the >> software update control panel module, but I'm NOT OK with anything >> which, unbeknownst to the user, flits them away to some other part of >> the system without his/her consent. >> >> - Eben >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:57:31 +0200 >> From: "Christoph Derndorfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [sugar] New joyride build 2258 >> To: "Eben Eliason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: Sugar Mailing List <sugar@lists.laptop.org>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Message-ID: >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> On 8/6/08, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Build Announcer v2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> --- Changes for sugar 0.81.8-2.20080806git0fc57309f3.olpc3 from >>> 0.81.8-1.fc9 --- >>>> + 7495 open cp software-updater on first boot after an update >>> I don't want this! I keep shouting about it and no one seems to be >>> listening! Home absolutely needs to be home base, especially after an >>> update. I'm fine with tossing up a non-modal alert at boot which >>> prompts the user to update right away, with a button which reveals the >>> software update control panel module, but I'm NOT OK with anything >>> which, unbeknownst to the user, flits them away to some other part of >>> the system without his/her consent. >> >> >> +1 >> >> Initially I was all for such first-boot features (especially with regard to >> G1G1 and the help-activity). But after thinking about Eben's arguments in >> both cases I agree that user should definitely see the home-view as the >> first thing when they boot the machine. Especially the Sugar-Control-Panel >> and its overlay above the home-view (which IIRC isn't used anywhere else in >> Sugar except for the Journal object chooser instead of the traditional >> file-choose dialogue) could be quite confusing. >> >> Cheers, >> Christoph >> >> >> - Eben >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sugar mailing list >>> Sugar@lists.laptop.org >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar >>> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > Sugar@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar