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[Raymond Barbour <xraya4t@xxxxxxxxx>]

Could you not have a heading "Action Required for Update" and then the
required action, Log Out (for session changes) or Restart (for kernel
changes)?
That way the list of actions never changes, just some get prioritised
with a reason.

On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 21:35 +0200, Frederik Nnaji wrote:

> When clicking "Install Updates" in update-manager, USER should be
> warned explicitly that doing so will require a restart. USER should
> know this well, before updating.
> 
> *Does* Ubuntu warn the user beforehand that the updates about to be
> made will eventually require a restart? I can't recall..
> 
> On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 09:40 -0500, Cody Russell wrote:
> 
>         > So I've gone ahead and made this change in bzr
> 
> thanks a lot, Cody ;)
> Is the "Restart To Complete Updates.." text red now?
> 
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 19:19, Vishnoo <vish@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>         
>         That said ,even if the menu ends up longer for a translation,
>         this is
>         not a permanent menu item and is displayed only when a restart
>         is
>         required.
>         
> 
> This solution is functional, but far from elegant, as you already
> pointed out between the lines.
> 
> * Log Out
> * Suspend
> * Hibernate
> * Restart
> * Shutdown
> 
> All verbs.
> All unambiguous instructions.
> "Restart Required" was different completely in that Restart is a noun
> here, first of all.
> This was inconsistent and confusing.. good we got rid of it!
> The new formulation is definitely closer to a correct solution..
> 
> On the other hand, adding a whole sentence where a single word
> (Restart) worked perfectly introduces a regression problem, but i'll
> stop my bikeshed commentary for now ;)
> 
> 
>         
>         Which is better than having an ambiguous menu item which user
>         would not
>         easily understand.
>         
> 
> MPT's spec¹ places an info icon beside the "Restart" menu item, when a
> restart is required. I think adding this visual metaphor contributes
> greatly to solving our problem.
> 
> 
> ¹https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionMenu
> 
> 
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