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[Natan Yellin <aantny@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:00 AM, tacone <tacone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello, I'd like to share my view on the issue, since I consider it a
> drammatically serious one ;-).
>
> As many people I loved the orange icon (and I loved the choice of icon
> as well), and I'm much concerned about pop unders.
>
> * If I am right, the issue with the orange icon is that not noticeable.
> * The issue with popups, is they're intrusive. So time limits had to
> be put on (the once a week limit)
>
> Couldn't the two solution be used together ?
>
> The orange icon appears immediately. The update manager pop ups after,
> say, 2 days and maximum once a week.
> That way novices would get the popup and expert users are likely to
> never see it or at least see it less.

A big plus one from me. It still clutters up the notification area a bit,
but I think that's worth allowing users to install updates at their own
leisure before resorting to a pop-under.

Regards,
Natan