On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Mikus Grinbergs <mi...@bga.com> wrote: > Visited a friend, and helped him install a new build in his XO. The > first time the new build completed booting, he was presented with an > action bar (to request "software update") near the top of Home View. > > It so happened that the XO had not automatically connected to my > friend's wireless AP - but he did not realize this. Being > well-meaning, he clicked the rightmost button ('Check now') in the > action bar -- there was some software processing and then a "Could > not access the network" message -- he needed to exit through Control > Panel to get back to Home View (and never saw the action bar again). > > > The "software update" facility assumes that a connection to the > network is already available when it gets to run. If conditions are > such that the network connection has *not* been set up when booting > completes, should the action bar to request "software update" still > be automatically presented as the first thing the user sees ?
Good question. Perhaps the cleanest option is to have the chunk of code which displays the dialog check for a network connection first, and short circuit when one isn't found. In this manner, the update alert will only appear when a connection is available in the first place. Chances are good that most people using the laptops will get online sooner than later anyway. - Eben > mikus > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel