This site has been retired. For up to date information, see handbook.gnome.org or gitlab.gnome.org.


[Home] [TitleIndex] [WordIndex

Software Updates

Introduction

We need a design for how updates for the operating system and applications are handled.

Objectives

It is important that an OS manage updates for itself and hosted applications. Goals include:

Relevant Art

OS X 10.6

http://f.cl.ly/items/2b043F2L2u0o0v3I1I1f/Screen shot 2011-09-06 at 5.44.30 PM.png

This is what users generally see, when Show Details is pressed, we get the detailed view below.

http://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/mac-os-x-update.jpg?w=640

WebOS

http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2011/03/webos-21-pre-2.jpg

Windows 7

http://www.pcwatch.com/Uploads/201005/b8c89742-b466-4c36-8aff-1adde6e56fe2.png

Android

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1OwCOoIvORo/TepEF3PhijI/AAAAAAAAWrg/CfXwsMXd1F4/s400/P1010001.JPG

iOS 5

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UhfOuPoByyo/Te0Z7ek3vdI/AAAAAAAAWrg/FzHi7lGn1Ok/s400/stevejobswwdc2011liveblogkeynote0793.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-shR4n8hspjk/T5Fwgvo5ChI/AAAAAAAAcvg/YuA04JzaKNA/s640/photo%201.PNG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JYFHDd78gF4/T5WXCUlmB6I/AAAAAAAAgaY/QPKvpkRWhtE/s640/photo%281%29.PNG

Discussion

Tentative Design

SoftwareUpdates.png

Intended Behaviour

Comments

See Also


2024-10-23 11:03