[Bug 878203] Re: Accesibility: Make update list sortable and add option to select/deselect all like in other update managers or synaptic

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Description changed:

- Now that synaptic is gone from ubuntu, we need a more accessible way to
- manage updates. Thus some important synaptic features need to be brought
- back.
+ Update Manager does not let you select/deselect all updates in the list.
+ This is useful, for example, if you have time/bandwidth to install only
+ one or two applications right now.
  
- A) Sorting
- Sorting was a very important accessibility feature in synaptic and  is also available in almost every other major OS ranging from mint update, Mac Os updater to Windows Update, etc.
- 
- reference pics:
- 
- mint:
- http://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/screenshots/julia/mintupdate.png
- 
- OSX:
- http://www.imacusers.com/images/updates.png
- 
- Windows:
- http://www.portlock.com/images/windowsUpdateManager2.gif
- 
- synaptic:
- http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2009/10/synaptic.png
- 
- B) select/deselect ALL (which also was a feature of synaptic)
- 
- In contrast ubuntu update manager is the least accessible and trying to
- manage updates with it can cause RSI (Repetitive strain injury).
- 
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetitive_strain_injury
+ (This report previously also covered sorting the list of updates, which
+ is tracked separately by bug 280298.)

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)

** Summary changed:

- Accesibility: Make update list sortable and add option to select/deselect all like in other update managers or synaptic
+ Can't select/deselect all updates, like in other update utilities

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Title:
  Can't select/deselect all updates, like in other update utilities

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Update Manager does not let you select/deselect all updates in the
  list. This is useful, for example, if you have time/bandwidth to
  install only one or two applications right now.

  (This report previously also covered sorting the list of updates,
  which is tracked separately by bug 280298.)

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