...This was hilarious, sexy librarians and all... Me personally, I don't have a *huge *issue presenting updates at the beginning of a log-in sequence. As a user, you know they are there, and you either ignore or proceed.
I can't help but think though, that when I login to my desktop normally, the Update Manager usually shows up within 2-5 minutes with updates, and when it does- I cringe at the thought of having to reboot. Now, would those updates have made me cringe less if I haven't already opened Firefox, Evolution, and a track to listen to? Probably... But, it still is something different than other OS' default behavior (Not a bad thing, most updates systems already stink). I guess I relate it most to the example of an avid user of Firefox plugins. I hate when I open my browser and those updates are there, I usually ignore them because I want into my Gmail, or whatever the case may be. It is a different way to look at updates, however, and not a bad idea at that... -Anthony On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Alex Launi <alex.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:06 PM, tacone <tac...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good intent, bad idea. >> > > I disagree, let's imagine this scenario, together... > <blur and wiggle dream sequence style scene change> > > It's Tuesday morning, you get up and turn on your computer. Whilst you were > fast asleep dreaming of sugar plums and sexy librarians Ubuntu packagers > were hard at work packaging updates for your favourite operating system. Now > that it's morning, these updates are available, for you! You boot up and > arrive at the slick new GDM. But what's this message? > > "New updates available! Click here to install" > > Some days you're very busy, and need your computer right away so you chose > to ignore them and log right in. That's ok, they'll be available when you're > ready. Update Manager shouldn't go away, you should be able to launch it > yourself manually if you want to update once you've logged in and found out > that DST was this weekend and you've got some extra time. > > But today you decide to click. The interface changes nicely into a screen > displaying what updates are available, and asking for your username and > password to authorize install / log in. If you're not an administrator we > will politely tell you that you can't perform an upgrade, and that you > should let your administrator know that your system needs some updates. At > this point we just finish the login, since you just gave us your info. > Awesome. > > Now let's say you are an admin, this update requires no reboot so we log > you right in, and when the desktop is loaded there is already a dialog > waiting giving you the progress of your update. You may continue working, > you weren't cost much time, and your system is fully secure because you're > up to date. > > But next time there might be a kernel upgrade, which will require a > restart. In this case we should ask the user what they'd like to do. In some > cases the estimated time to finish (which we will show) may only be 2 > minutes, and we can afford that so we just halt the login and modally > install the upgrades, or we allow them to say "ok i recognize that this > update will need a restart to apply, but I need my computer- so lets > continue like there are no updates that require a reboot, and I will reboot > when I'm ready. > > <blur and wiggle dream sequence end style change> > > Awesome, right? > > -- > --Alex Launi > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana<https://launchpad.net/%7Eayatana> > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana<https://launchpad.net/%7Eayatana> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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