Bug 193595

Summary:	zen-updater: what does this yellow icon mean?
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Christian Boltz <suse-beta>
Component:	Zenworks	Assignee:	Chris Rivera <crivera>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Mauro Parra Miranda <mauro>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	andreas.hanke
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description Christian Boltz 2006-07-19 22:18:23 UTC

Another usability issue in zen-updater:

Some patches have a yellow icon on the right, others don't have it.
It's unclear for the user what this icon means and why it appears only on some patches.
(It _seems_ to mark security updates, but I'm not sure about this.)

Also, it's hard to see the difference between patches and packages - this should be indicated with an icon (for non-security patches) also.

Suggestion:
- "warning" icon for security relevant patches
- "normal" icon for other patches
- no icon for packages

Since I'm not a designer, choose the icons yourself ;-)


In case you don't have enough updates in the queue in zen-updater, you can find a screenshot in attachment 94043 [details] of bug 193593.

Comment 1 Siegfried Olschner 2006-08-07 09:22:46 UTC

BTW: the different icons in the list should have tool tips.

Comment 2 Federico Lucifredi 2006-10-11 23:55:30 UTC

perhaps it is possible to add a tooltip to the icon that reads "security update". Passing it to Chris for his review/fixing.

Comment 3 Chris Rivera 2006-10-23 19:26:02 UTC

GTK doesn't have a nice way to add tool tips to cells in a TreeView.  There is a way to do it, but it's kinda hacky.  Since the icons are confusing and require tool tips to be useful I decided to replace them with text.  Optional and security updates with have "(Optional)" or "(Security)" text next to their names.  The icons are no longer used.  This is fixed for 10.2 in svn revision 35738.