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Vera:
There's been a few cycles of updates, so I was able to try what both of you suggested. @Jerry  -  I confirm it opened again in the top left. Next I tried what DenW suggested, and the reason for the top left positioning turned out to be exactly for the reason that @DenW put forward - a huge THANK YOU Den.  I just went to the setting that you mentioned, and sure enough my slider bar was toward the left instead of the right. I put it 2/3 to the right as you suggested, and then when I tried it on the next batch of updates the window was centered! Cool!

Also you solved another issue DenW: the machine is my laptop, and I've had it behave a little oddly with window positioning during Lite Tweaks Kernel remover. I wasn't able to click on the 'ok' button to confirm the list of kernels to be removed, as the button was down below the bottom of the screen and it wouldn't let me resize the window to make it fit on screen. I had to use the 'enter' button on the keyboard to say ok. But now that I have the new slider setting, I tried out Lite Tweaks Kernel Remover just now to remove an old kernel, and the window was normal!! Thanks so much! Who knew that the one slider setting would help so much!

Jerry:
I can tell Yad to center all windows. I'll place an update soon.

DenW:
Hi Vera/Jerry:  I believe the "problem" of the updates window opening in the top left of the screen is related to the XFCE Setting >Windows Manager Tweaks>Placement where a slider determines the window size for smart placement.  The updates window is usually much larger than the other windows that open during the updates process and would trigger the observed placement unless the slider is say 2/3rds over to the right where I usually put it - I prefer all my windows to open in the center.

Jerry:
Thank you for your feedback Vera, much appreciated.

2. - the window opens in the top left of the screen.

The Yad version is not set up to do this. Please run this a few more times when updates become available to verify.

Vera:
I did what you said about setting up the Yad version. I did it on one machine and not the other, so I could have a direct comparison of the end effect.

OK, here are my notes - it's a mixed bag because some things I feel are a big improvement and others could use a little work. I made these notes as the updates happened so they are in order of what happens first in the process to what happens last.

1. The first progress bar on "checking for updates" is too fast and flashy, making it too distracting. I prefer the old progress bar in that regard. An alternative fix would be a rotating icon or something else that would show that "something is happening" without distracting the user too much.

2. Going to the Linux Lite updates window (the list of the names of what packages will be updated) - the window opens in the top left of the screen. It's fine there, but I had expected it to be in the middle of the screen. However, top left is good if you're in the middle of working since it doesn't get covered up behind your work. So, initially I was surprised by this change but upon reflection I think it is a good choice on your part.

3. The "downloading packages" progress bar is nice. It's much better than the old version as it has a more modern look. And since it's a continuous progress bar and not a flashy back-and-forth one, it's also not distracting like the first progress bar in point 1.

4. At the "installing and configuring packages" stage, we have the same issue as in point 1 (bar flashing fast left to right). I love the look of the status text inside of the progress bar though - it's a nice touch.

OK, that was my feedback. Overall, I like it, the only thing I didn't like was flashing back-and-forth progress bars which I feel could be better served with something like a rotating icon. That's just my personal opinion though and is a matter of personal taste - different people may feel differently about that. I do very much like the overall look, and I appreciate the time and effort that's gone into making the new update process look a) modern in style and b) cohesive to the rest of the system.

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