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Make Thumbnail Cache more user friendly #1248

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Robert42 opened this issue Aug 3, 2016 · 2 comments
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Make Thumbnail Cache more user friendly #1248

Robert42 opened this issue Aug 3, 2016 · 2 comments

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@Robert42
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Robert42 commented Aug 3, 2016

As you can see on Askubuntu, the message A problem has been detected with your thumbnail cache. Fixing it will require administrative privileges.
is making users thinking, whether their system is compromised.

The following line is the line with the ambivalent message.

g_spawn_command_line_sync ("sh -c \"pkexec nemo --fix-cache\"", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

One possible fix would be do adding an Info Button explaining what is done and which terminal (in this case sudo nemo --fix-cache) command can be typed in manually, if you don't trust the ui.

@alexanderdd
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The original problem should be fixed (thumbnails need to be generated correctly), not this info bar.
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1592293

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Robert42 commented May 10, 2017

I agree, that the original problem should have a higher priority. It's also what would improve the user experience for me personally.

But: An info bar causing a user to think his system was corrupted by a virus and adding motivation for him to change the distribution is worth a second look, isn't it? ;)

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