Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 100508
RFE: make rhn-applet change green when first logging in
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:31 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030703 Description of problem: When first logging in, rhn-applet shows up as blue while it is waiting to first login. Once it finds outdated packages, the red exclamation shows up. It seems that it would be better to show the green connecting symbol when it says "Waiting until first checkin...", instead of showing the blue check, and then seeing a red exclamation. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhn-applet-2.0.9-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login and look at rhn-applet Actual Results: rhn-applet shows the blue check Expected Results: It should have shown the green connecting png
No one is brave enough? Try this patch
Created attachment 94002 [details] The icon shows up as 'busy' while waiting for first checkin...
In test3, though, it happily changes to the blue check when in reality you haven't had a chance to register with RHN yet. This means the user will be thinking they're up to date unless they actually click on the applet icon, which opens the RHN registration routine. Can we fix this?
With Fedora Core you don't have to register to get updates for example from Yum repositories. I will check that there are sources defined, and if yes the applet will be considered configured, if no, then the behaviour will need to be changed. W.r.t. changing the behaviour when loggin in, no there is a random delay introduced between the time of log-in and the time for the first check, that need to be maintained. Turning the applet green is not proper, it means that the applet is actively connecting to the server(s) and it is not the case during that initial delay. Daniel
I realize that there is a delay between first login and first checkin, and that the green connecting icon is not proper. However, I do not think that the blue check mark is proper either, because it means that you are up-to-date. I suggest using a different 'Waiting until first checkin' icon--something neutral. Maybe a clock/watch or a different colored check mark.
Well increasing the number of icons gets confusing too. The tooltip allows to get that information already. Changing the default behaviour is not a clear improvement, it would lead to more confusion too. At this point, my take is that the status quo is not that bad, and I prefer to deal with the couple of messages about a possible improvement, rather than to deal with possibly far more people confused by new state or new icons. This has to stay *very* simple because it affects end-users. Daniel