Icons next to driver name are not intuitive for activated/not activated

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First, I have some slightly better icons in the pipe (just got them sent to me), and second I will automatically select the first entry in the list, so that the textual status is immediately visible.

Matthew, do you have some other idea how to clarify this?

I think the new icons and the pre-selection will be enough.

Fixed in trunk for GTK. I'll check with Alberto to do the same change for the KDE UI.

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~jockey-hackers/jockey/trunk/revision/448

Fixed in trunk for KDE now, too.

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~jockey-hackers/jockey/trunk/revision/449

This bug was fixed in the package jockey - 0.5~beta1-0ubuntu2

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jockey (0.5~beta1-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Merge some bug fixes from trunk:
    - ui.py: Fix "not installed" -> "not activated" string inconsistency.
      (LP: #274697)
    - Fix typos in German translation.
    - Add and use enabled/disabled/free icons from Kenneth Wimer.
    - Fix jockey-kde crash when no drivers are available. [Alberto]
    - Report indefinite progress if the handler does long non-package
      operations (such as rebuilding initramfs), instead of freezing the UI.
    - UI: Select first driver by default, and keep selection after
      enable/disable. (LP: #274699)
    - jockey-kde: Fix display of window text and subtext, and adapt it to
      driver changes. (LP: #274558)
    - Avoid flickering the progress bar dialog for very fast detect() calls.
    - jockey-kde: Fix indeterminate progress bar behaviour, and fix "Searching
      for drivers..." progress bar at startup.
    - kde/ManagerWindowKDE4.ui: Drop the expander next to the window heading,
      it prevented proper resizing. (LP: #274700)
    - Various test suite fixes.
  * data/handlers/b43.py: Do not show the driver as "in use" if the firmware
    is not installed.
  * Add data/handlers/broadcom_wl.py: Handler for the alternative Broadcom
    'wl' module. Enabling this will automatically blacklist b43 and bcm43xx.
    (LP: #263097)
  * data/handlers/b43.py: Remove blacklist-bcm43 on activation.
  * data/handlers/b43.py: Add (derived) handler for b43legacy. (LP: #247495)
  * data/handlers/b43.py: Actually call the firmware fetching script after the
    -fwcutter installation.

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:44:09 +0200