Bug 502605

Summary:	Use of word "fetching" unclear
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	John Veness <john.kde>
Component:	Updates	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	aleixpol, kdedev, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	6.3.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description John Veness 2025-04-09 11:17:10 UTC

SUMMARY
The Discover user-interface uses the word "fetching" in a couple of places, but it is not always clear what exactly is happening.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Discover
2. Click on Updates section
3. Click Refresh
4. Notice it says "Fetching updates..." in the main body of the window, and "Updates (Fetching...)" in the left-hand list
5. (Assuming updates are available) Click Update All
6. Notice that it says "Updates (Fetching...)" in the left-hand list

OBSERVED RESULT
Discover uses the word "fetching" while it is checking to see if new updates are available, as well as while downloading updates.

EXPECTED RESULT
Use different words for different states, e.g. "checking" and "downloading".

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250405
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-04-09 17:26:05 UTC

Seems easy to change; would you like to submit a patch?

Comment 2 John Veness 2025-04-09 18:28:58 UTC

Well, maybe. I can probably easily enough change the main body text from "Fetching updates..." to "Checking for updates...", and similarly change "Updates (Fetching...)" to "Updates (Checking...)" in the category list.

But I'm not sure how to (or even whether to) detect when updates are being downloaded (or installed), in order to put "Updates (Downloading...)" (or "Updates (Installing...)") in the category list.

Also, if we're making this change, I think the "Refresh" button should be changed to "Check for Updates".

What do you think?

Comment 3 John Veness 2025-04-09 19:06:53 UTC

Actually, it seems that Discover used to say "Checking for updates..." and have a "Check for Updates" button instead of Refresh. Personally I think that wording is better, but presumably someone changed it to "Fetching" for a reason and I'm not sure I want to rehash any arguments!

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-04-09 20:52:34 UTC

I don't think this was some sort of planned thing. Feel free to submit a patch to make it better.