[Bug 1197727] Re: "Replace your changes in ... configuration file" prompt is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Hey Sebastian.

a. You're right, if the alert is resizable it makes sense for it to be
maximizable.

b. What do you mean by "the header from the message"? Do you mean the
"Replace your changes in..." string? Or is there a separate header that
currently isn't being shown?

c. A question mark icon is the least specific icon that an alert could
use. Can we be more specific by using the icon of the app that requested
the task, in this case Software Updater?

d. I think it's safer just to pull the filename out and put it on its
own line, rather than including it in a sentence.

e. We could show the diff using labelled colors, without using "-" or
"+" characters.

This sketch combines these suggestions (except that it's missing the
resizability). What do you think?

** Attachment added: "draft design for the alert"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/1197727/+attachment/3742770/+files/config-change.png

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Title:
  "Replace your changes in ... configuration file" prompt is
  unattractive

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/144145563/Screenshot%20from%202013-07-04%2010%3A26%3A58.png

  This prompt needs redesign. In particular:
  a. it's closable and maximizable and should be neither
  b. the title is "update-manager"
  c. the question-mark icon is uninformative
  d. the filename is in the primary text, with Ascii quotes, though it may be very long
  e. a programmer-style diff is likely incomprehensible to non-programmers
  f. the recommendation is to replace the file, but the default is "Keep".

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