https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326158 User jhenderson@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326158#c53 --- Comment #53 from Jim Henderson <jhenderson@novell.com> 2008-03-05 11:57:31 MST --- I think ultimately the problem is the use of popups to convey *status* information - to me that doesn't make sense at all. If I've got 5 repos in my list, I don't need a popup notification that it's moved on from the update repo to the Packman repo - if there's a problem, I would want a notification of that, but I think popups are being overused in the update module (as well as the software installation module). A progress bar with a status area that shows what's being displayed in the popup (ie, "Refreshing Packman", etc) would make a lot more sense to me. Then if there's an error, pop something up - but don't have the default be "Abort" - either select no default button or select "Retry" as the default button - more often than not, if I'm typing in another application and I hit "enter" just as the dialog pops up, I end up aborting something I wanted to retry or examine - retry would be the safest option, because if I see a dialog flash past as I hit enter (when it takes focus), I'm going to wait for the dialog to come back. If it aborts, I have to start over again. I don't believe popups should be used at all to convey status - they should only be used when it's necessary to take focus to communicate something important to the user, and preferably only when there's an action the user has to take as a result of the information presented. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.