Comment 1 for bug 369820

Just a detail: the problem is made even worse by the fact update-manager starts as a minimized window. When you use virtual desktops, you don't really need the bottom panel, since each app has its desktop, making the panel irrelevant (no need to use it for switching applications).

As it is in Jaunty, I can go for weeks without noticing security updates. The designer(s) advocating the new behaviour and considering the newly introduced bugs could be ironed out afterwards probably needs to reassess his/her priorities before being trusted with critical features.

Complaining updates shouldn't use the notification area but using the bottom panel as a giant notification area (or the whole desktop, in case update-manager would open non-minimised) doesn't strike me as a great design either.