This problem still exists in 12.04. When the extra dialogue appears after starting installing the updates, software updater goes to front but doesn't take focus. To go back to their work (say, on Firefox), the user has to (1) click on the software updater window to make it take the focus, and then (2) click on the Firefox window to bring it back in front, which is unintuitive and time consuming.
This bug should at least be classified as "Medium". ** Summary changed: - Update Manager pops to front interrupting focus + Update Manager (Software Updater) pops to front interrupting focus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374696 Title: Update Manager (Software Updater) pops to front interrupting focus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/374696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs