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[Ryan Lortie <desrt@xxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The "Additional Drivers" pane in the control-centre looks really bad
when it's completely empty.

You have these two empty white areas with unknown purpose.  You can drag
a GtkPaned adjustor between the empty white spaces.  This looks really
janky.

There is an "Enable" button at the bottom that is greyed out and will
always be greyed out.

The text says "No proprietary drivers are in use on this system" which
seems like a bit of a no-brainer if I came here for the first time.  It
doesn't tell me that none are needed, so I might be left wondering how
to interact with this UI to try to enable some.  It should rather say
something along the lines of "No proprietary drivers are required for
your system".

So, in short, get rid of everything except the icon, a new label "No
proprietary drivers are required for your system" and the help/close
buttons.  Probably the window should also not be resizable in this
state.

** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923570

Title:
  unattractive UI when there are no proprietary drivers applicable

Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The "Additional Drivers" pane in the control-centre looks really bad
  when it's completely empty.

  You have these two empty white areas with unknown purpose.  You can
  drag a GtkPaned adjustor between the empty white spaces.  This looks
  really janky.

  There is an "Enable" button at the bottom that is greyed out and will
  always be greyed out.

  The text says "No proprietary drivers are in use on this system" which
  seems like a bit of a no-brainer if I came here for the first time.
  It doesn't tell me that none are needed, so I might be left wondering
  how to interact with this UI to try to enable some.  It should rather
  say something along the lines of "No proprietary drivers are required
  for your system".

  So, in short, get rid of everything except the icon, a new label "No
  proprietary drivers are required for your system" and the help/close
  buttons.  Probably the window should also not be resizable in this
  state.

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