Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: notification-daemon
When I boot the livecd (20070411 i386), I get a notification bubble at
the right hand side, coming out of the lightbulb, which says
"information about newly installed packages is available" and suggests
that I click on the icon.
When I click on the icon, I get a window in the middle of the screen
with the legend at the top "Update information", containing text headed
"Ubuntu Hardware Database" with some extensive discussion and a button
labelled "Run this action now".
This is all really very poor useability:
* The notification bubble is wrong in itself because I have not
installed any packages. What is the computer talking about ? It
doesn't make any sense. This text is also wrong because the thing that
it's trying to tell me is nothing to do with "packages". (It is true
that the notification was caused internally by a package, but since the
whole operatng system consists of packages this is meaningless.) The
text in the notification bubble should be reworded.
* It is not entirely clear which icon is meant. I had to peer at the
screen slightly to see which icon the bubble was coming out of. (I have
good eyesight but was sitting well away from the display and had to lean
across slightly; someone with less good eyesight might have to peer
intently or just be confused.) An additional cue should be provided
(eg, text saying to click on the lightbulb icon, or an edge to the
bubble which contrasts better with the desktop and top panel
backgrounds).
* The window that appears when I click on the icon has no window title
in the titlebar. Instead the title "Update information" is inside the
window.
* The phrase "Update information" is confusing. Does it mean that I
should be updating some information ? (I happen to know that it means
that there is some information by from with or pertaining to an update
but as previously discussed this is both irrelevant to the user and
false.)
* The button "Run this action now" should be labelled with a specific
action. "Send hardware information" for example.
* The two buttons "Run this action now" and "Close" are opposites and
should be uniformly placed rather than one "inside" the other. They are
the two alternative ways to dismiss the window.
* The actual running text in the dialogue box is weirdly worded and
should be reworded by a native English speaker with a strong political
bent.
** Affects: notification-daemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
** Affects: notification-daemon (Ubuntu Feisty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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hardware database notification has poor ui
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105510
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