[Bug 1153569] [NEW] "Failed to download repository information" alert is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Public bug reported:

update-manager 1:0.174.4, Ubuntu 12.10

In some situations (e.g. bug 888845, bug 1097073), a "Failed to download
repository information" alert appears.

This alert is unattractive in several ways:
a. it is maximizable
b. the title is "update-manager", all lower-case
c. the primary text is not a complete sentence
d. it uses the word "repository"
e. the secondary text is "Check your Internet connection", when that usually is not the problem
f. it has a "Close" button.

This needs redesigning.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "screenshot"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1153569/+attachment/3568158/+files/Failed%20to%20download%20repository%20information.png

** Description changed:

  update-manager 1:0.174.4, Ubuntu 12.10
  
  In some situations (e.g. bug 888845, bug 1097073), a "Failed to download
  repository information" alert appears.
  
  This alert is unattractive in several ways:
- a. the title is "update-manager", all lower-case
- b. the primary text is not a complete sentence
- c. it uses the word "repository"
- d. the secondary text is "Check your Internet connection", when that usually is not the problem
- e. it has a "Close" button.
+ a. it is maximizable
+ b. the title is "update-manager", all lower-case
+ c. the primary text is not a complete sentence
+ d. it uses the word "repository"
+ e. the secondary text is "Check your Internet connection", when that usually is not the problem
+ f. it has a "Close" button.
  
  This needs redesigning.

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)

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Title:
  "Failed to download repository information" alert is unattractive

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  update-manager 1:0.174.4, Ubuntu 12.10

  In some situations (e.g. bug 888845, bug 1097073), a "Failed to
  download repository information" alert appears.

  This alert is unattractive in several ways:
  a. it is maximizable
  b. the title is "update-manager", all lower-case
  c. the primary text is not a complete sentence
  d. it uses the word "repository"
  e. the secondary text is "Check your Internet connection", when that usually is not the problem
  f. it has a "Close" button.

  This needs redesigning.

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