I don't think a new bug is the best way to tackle this as the new
behaviour for update manager is the route of this problem ("Do not
launch in background" is the best title to describe the issues I can
think of), in real use cases opening a new window without telling users
why is not a good way to interact with them (it is one of the reasons
people give for feeling that Windows is annoying) - if you have to
explain to users (as many of us will have to for our
families/businesses/friends who we have converted to Ubuntu) that
something is not a bug, but a "feature" then you know that in that case
the usability case for that behaviour is compromised.I don't think that offering to install updates on shutdown is a good idea because having seen the aftermath of that behaviour in Vista (note that I am not arguing against it purely because Windows does it, but because everyone hates the fact that it does) many issues spring to mind: * It makes the whole shutdown process feel slow (the phantom 30 minute shutdown in Vista). * As that will be the only task that the computer is doing certain less experienced users or even all laptop owners will feel obliged to wait for it (especially if they like to turn their computer off at the wall) - that is a pain for them and a great disruption. * Even if it is optional, most of the time users will feel obliged to say confirm whether or not they will resent it. * When users shutdown it may be because they have something else pressing to do (e.g. go to a meeting) or they may have just have finished - in both cases making them them go through further procedures is inconvenient, irritating and disturbs their workflow. Just wondering, would it be worth creating a blueprint to discuss alternative solutions or just use the mailing list? This change in behaviour needs to be discussed with users and develops to get it to work in a consistent and usable manner; IMHO we cannot ship the new behaviour until this has happened (without confusing many new users). -- Do not launch in background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331054 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
