[Bug 510212] Re: update-manager: no branding. Is it legit?

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

I discussed these icons with Sam yesterday. While a shopping bag is the
existing metaphor for USC, it would not be appropriate for Software
Sources or Software Updater. The latter two have very little to do with
shopping.

And while it would be good for the icons to look like a family of three,
that does not require using the same overall shape. That might actually
be undesirable, if they become hard to distinguish in a small or folded
Launcher. They could share the same color scheme, texture, and/or
symbols, without sharing the same overall shape.

I suggested experimenting with the box metaphor currently used for Software Sources and Software Updater, with things that make the overall shape distinct. For example:
- USC could be a magic box, with applications flying out like they do from the current USC icon. <http://www.google.com/search?q=magic+box&tbm=isch>
- Software Sources could be the same box, but closed, with gearwheels or a spanner.
- Software Updater could be an airdrop, the box with a parachute.

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Title:
  update-manager: no branding.  Is it legit?

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Invalid
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The Update Manager program has no branding to say that it's legit.
  There's not even an Ubuntu logo.

  My advisor called me in the other day to ask "What is this program?
  Why did it pop up?  I thought Linux didn't have viruses."

  After explaining that it was legit, he told me his reasoning: there
  was little in the help he could /quickly/ find referencing this
  "Update Manager", and there was no branding or logo, or any helpful-
  to-his-level-of-skill explanation.  He's no dummy, just a born-and-
  bred Windows user until about 2 months ago.

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#alert>

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