As shown in that screenshot, this is largely fixed in Ubuntu 12.10. Specifically: a. the weird wrapping of the primary text in Ubuntu 9.10 has been fixed. b. The secondary text, "If you don't want to install them now...", has been removed. But there's a new "Details of updates" line, which takes up almost the same amount of vertical space. c. There's only one row of buttons at the bottom, rather than one in the middle and one at the bottom. d. The buttons no longer use icons, returning them to about the slimness they had in 9.04.
In future the interface will become even more space-efficient: e. The update categories will no longer use large text. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#expanded> f. Each update in the list will take up one line of text, rather than two. g. The "Changes" and "Description" tabs will be combined, saving the space used by the tab controls. But for now, I think we can call this fixed. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379469 Title: Update-Manager barely usable on small screens To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/379469/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
