Bug 162933 - Add "Check for updates" button in the About dialog
Summary: Add "Check for updates" button in the About dialog
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 153153
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Blocks: Automatic-Updater Updates
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Reported: 2024-09-12 18:18 UTC by Leandro Martín Drudi
Modified: 2024-09-13 08:37 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Update button on About dialog (134.93 KB, image/png)
2024-09-12 18:19 UTC, Leandro Martín Drudi
Details
Button for updates on Tool tab (2.78 KB, image/png)
2024-09-12 18:25 UTC, Leandro Martín Drudi
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Check Updates button on file tab (2.98 KB, image/png)
2024-09-12 18:25 UTC, Leandro Martín Drudi
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Description Leandro Martín Drudi 2024-09-12 18:18:47 UTC
Description:
Mostly, instinctively, people look for the update button in the Help Menu, and in many applications, this button is located in the "About" dialog box. While the former is accessible by default, using the Omnibox interface makes accessing this option a bit more cumbersome. Adding this dialog or even a dedicated button in the ribbon would improve accessibility. However, my suggestion is to add a button in the dialog box itself.

Steps to Reproduce:
Now, with omnibox interface.
1. Activate Menú toolbox.
2. Help menú
3. Updates.
OR
1. Clic on Tools tab.
2. Clic on Options button.
3. Clic on Online Updates opction on Options dialog.
4. Clic on Check now.

Actual Results:
Too many steps to access.

Expected Results:
1. Clic on File tab.
2. Clic on Help Menú.
3. Clic on About.
4. Clic on the new button Update now.

OR

1. Clic on File tab.
2. Clic on Update now button.

AND/OR
1. Clic on Tool tab.
2. Clic on Update now button.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Adding a button for quick access to updates reduces the number of clicks.
Comment 1 Leandro Martín Drudi 2024-09-12 18:19:39 UTC
Created attachment 196405 [details]
Update button on About dialog
Comment 2 Leandro Martín Drudi 2024-09-12 18:25:08 UTC
Created attachment 196406 [details]
Button for updates on Tool tab
Comment 3 Leandro Martín Drudi 2024-09-12 18:25:30 UTC
Created attachment 196407 [details]
Check Updates button on file tab
Comment 4 V Stuart Foote 2024-09-13 00:36:00 UTC
No IMHO, the check for updates is fine on the Help menu as is. Especially when the MAR autoupdater is fully functional. Moving it down into the Help -> About is not really needed as the About is not how we reach program Settings otherwise.

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Comment 5 Heiko Tietze 2024-09-13 08:37:00 UTC
Moving the "Check For Updates" interaction into the About dialog is not the usual way to go. Typically you just get the information, and bug 153153 requests better feedback, at least. Let's continue the discussion there.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 153153 ***