Comments on: The next update viewer

By: Chicha

Chicha — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:34:19 +0000

Hi !

I like the new UI a lot
Congratulation for the good work !

I am not sure it was stated be don’t you think that a ‘cancel’ or ‘don’t install’ button could be put beside the ‘install updates’ button ?
Explicit is better than implicite : I prefer a button with a label indicating it won’t install anything instead of closing the window and pray that it won’t install anything …

Thanks again for the great job !
Cheers,
Chicha

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:36:38 +0000

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

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By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:27:59 +0000

It shows download size! Yes!

My only gripe: I’d like to see what version the update replaces. Maybe a “Replaces: foo 1.2-3″ line inserted at the top of the description box?

By: Gigi

Gigi — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:01:58 +0000

It would be nice and vastly simple if the information part is hidden by default. There should be a small drop-down arrow which when clicked should show the text in the text area. This could be an acceptable compromise between being simple yet providing the information.

Optionally, a checkbox saying “Show stable updates only” would be good too.

By: belegdol

belegdol — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:27:33 +0000

It doesn’t fit on a 800×600 screen, which is the biggest you can have for kvm guest for now.

By: bash

bash — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:57:24 +0000

I agree with Micheal in that the text should be put in an expandable/hideable Details area. By default it should be minimised. And it should remember it’s state, so that you do not need to expand/hide it again for each new update you are look at. Also it should expand to fixed height for every update. You should be able to change it yourself but the textfield shouldn move around just because the text description is longer or shorter.

As for making the text details + links more readable, why don’t you split it up in a 2-pane view like it is for the add/remove software window. On the left would be the changelog or description what this update does (including if you need to restart). In the right pane would be first the date (Issued: 28 Nov 09) below that in a new line the Arch and then below that the links to all related Bugzilla entries (Something along these lines:
Related bugs :
Gnome #345262
Freedesktop #159845
Fedora #243523)

By: JojoMan

JojoMan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:27:06 +0000

how about “A restart should be performed after this update.” This implies you can still use the old kernel, and that you “should” restart but that it’s not mandatory a la windows.

By: JojoMan

JojoMan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:22:46 +0000

You should do it like this (just my 2c). with closed being the default.

Example: http://drop.io/swtnexd

By: MadsRH

MadsRH — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:07:37 +0000

Looks great! Keep up the good work

By: DDD

DDD — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:04:59 +0000

Is there really any value in having the update UI popping up constantly? I don’t think that I have ever done anything other than click “Install Updates” on it.

It would be useful to have a “Don’t bother asking me again ‘coz I don’t understand this stuff anyway, just patch my machine for me” checkbox.