[packagekit] reminding the user "in a little bit"

David Zeuthen david at fubar.dk
Mon Jan 14 10:46:13 PST 2008


On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 18:39 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
> Sometimes we display a nag message to the user "You have 113 critical
> updates" and the options are "Don't show me again" and "Update now" -
> but sometime you are just busy for a little bit and want it to go away
> automatically and come back.
> 
> What about adding a third button "Remind me again in 10 minutes" for
> when you just need to finish writing a letter and then can manually
> update. Note: This won't be seen by default, as updates should
> automatically be installed.
> 
> Comments?

Seems superfluous. Why wouldn't I want the update to happen in the
background while I'm writing my letter? Also, in case I'm afraid the
update would blow my machine away and eat my precious letter, why
wouldn't I just leave the dialog open until such a time I'm ready to
deal with it?

      David





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