Notifying end-users when support is no more

[Francesco Fumanti]

Hello,

>Pop-up windows just bring back bad memories from MS Windows ;-)
>
>The bubble:
>
>- would be familiar to Ubuntu users
>- need not be tiny
>- should produce a new bubble each reboot (or every certain time unit,
>say once per day) thus being annoying enough to eventually get the
>user to upgrade without being overly intrusive
>- could get larger each new time it comes up ;)
>
>Also, I would recommend that the icon in the notification area from
>which the bubble extends not go away (even if they close the bubble)
>until they upgrade.

There should however be a way for the user to get definitively rid of 
the update notification, even if he does not update!

Consider for example a person using Ubuntu on a machine that is 
always offline and that offers to him a system that does all that he 
wants. As he wants to keep the system as it is, he should have the 
opportunity to dismiss the upgrade notification forever.

Have a nice day.

Francesco