Public bug reported: Displaying "rebuilding search index" in Synaptic isn't really helpful for a user when they don't know what a search index is or what rebuilding it will result in (and I guess there are quite a few people for whom this is the case). A better option would perhaps be telling the user that newer packages might not yet be found using this tool at the current moment. Or not displaying anything at all - if newer packages weren't there before, then it doesn't really matter if the user has to wait a few more moments before he can find them using this tool. (Not sure how often packages are removed and whether this would pose problems.)
As a sidenote, I don't think the text label (most of the times "Quick search") with so little padding stuffed above the search field confirms to the HIG. It at least looks messy. And while we're at it, this related papercut is also worth taking a look at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/280395 ** Affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: synaptic Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: hundredpapercuts ** Also affects: synaptic Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Displaying "rebuilding search index" in Synaptic is confusing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389829 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
