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[Greg Williams <1346355@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

System-related communications should present in the upper-right corner
at the indicators. The indicators exist as an interface layer between
the System and the User.

Application-related communications should present at the Launcher.

The requirement that the computer be rebooted is a System-related event;
therefore, the communication that this event is needed needs to present
at the indicators--not the Launcher, and not some ephemeral popup.

If an Application needs to be restarted, then the appropriate
communication location would be at the Launcher or within the
Application itself.

The ONLY instance where a popup should be used is in situations where an
IMMEDIATE response is needed to proceed: for example, the user is trying
to access something that requires a password. A prompt pops up to allow
entering the password.



** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => New

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Title:
  14.04 power-cog does not turn red when restart is needed

Status in The Session Menu:
  Invalid
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Bug = a popup-dialog asking the user to reboot the system after an
  update should not repeat (popup again) at a later time if the user
  chooses not to reboot. Instead, the power-cog should turn the color
  red and no further popup-dialogs should present at any time.

  In ubuntu 12.04 the power-cog turned red when a reboot/restart was
  needed. This was a helpful feature because it informed users that they
  needed to restart the computer. But this helpful indicator is gone in
  14.04 and it has resulted in me never remembering to restart my
  computer because there is no helpful feedback from ubuntu that a
  restart is needed.

  In 14.04, I will perform an update and a popup tells me a Restart is
  needed but I usually select to restart-later because I am in the
  middle of working. By the the time I am done working I have forgotten
  that a restart is needed. Later when I am working again a popup occurs
  informing me that a restart is needed (but again I am in the middle of
  working so I don't restart). Bottom line: when the power-cog turned
  red, it reminded me that I needed to restart the computer. When I
  finished my work I look up and see the red power-cog and "Oh yeah, I
  need to restart. Now is a good time." In 14.04 this doesn't happen.
  Instead I'm perpetually bugged by a popup (which is useless because
  it's never a good time to restart when it pops up). The red power-cog
  was a much BETTER design choice.

  The removal of the power-cog turning red has negatively affected the
  management of ubuntu updates and it should be fixed so that it behaves
  like 12.04.

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