[Bug 105510] Re: hardware database notification has poor ui

[Phillip Susi]

The hwdb-client package has been removed from Ubuntu. Closing all
related bugs.

** Changed in: hwdb-client (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  hardware database notification has poor ui

Status in “hwdb-client” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “hwdb-client” source package in Edgy:
  Invalid
Status in “update-notifier” source package in Edgy:
  Invalid
Status in “hwdb-client” source package in Feisty:
  Invalid
Status in “update-notifier” source package in Feisty:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: notification-daemon

  When I boot the livecd (20070411 i386), I get a notification bubble at
  the right hand side, coming out of the lightbulb, which says
  "information about newly installed packages is available" and suggests
  that I click on the icon.

  When I click on the icon, I get a window in the middle of the screen
  with the legend at the top "Update information", containing text
  headed "Ubuntu Hardware Database" with some extensive discussion and a
  button labelled "Run this action now".

  This is all really very poor useability:

  * The notification bubble is wrong in itself because I have not
  installed any packages.  What is the computer talking about ?  It
  doesn't make any sense.  This text is also wrong because the thing
  that it's trying to tell me is nothing to do with "packages".  (It is
  true that the notification was caused internally by a package, but
  since the whole operatng system consists of packages this is
  meaningless.)  The text in the notification bubble should be reworded.

  * It is not entirely clear which icon is meant.  I had to peer at the
  screen slightly to see which icon the bubble was coming out of.  (I
  have good eyesight but was sitting well away from the display and had
  to lean across slightly; someone with less good eyesight might have to
  peer intently or just be confused.)  An additional cue should be
  provided (eg, text saying to click on the lightbulb icon, or an edge
  to the bubble which contrasts better with the desktop and top panel
  backgrounds).

  * The window that appears when I click on the icon has no window title
  in the titlebar.  Instead the title "Update information" is inside the
  window.

  * The phrase "Update information" is confusing.  Does it mean that I
  should be updating some information ?  (I happen to know that it means
  that there is some information by from with or pertaining to an update
  but as previously discussed this is both irrelevant to the user and
  false.)

  * The button "Run this action now" should be labelled with a specific
  action.  "Send hardware information" for example.

  * The two buttons "Run this action now" and "Close" are opposites and
  should be uniformly placed rather than one "inside" the other.  They
  are the two alternative ways to dismiss the window.

  * The actual running text in the dialogue box is weirdly worded and
  should be reworded by a native English speaker with a strong political
  bent.

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