Dev Environments — Unable to use without updating Docker

[JWhiteUX]

Describe the bug tldr; Docker Desktop throws notifications without offering resolution. After running out of places to look in the desktop app, writing this ticket… I observed the monochromatic Docker Menu Icon displaying an exclamation mark. In the midst of all my app icons. Please consider the following a detailed explanation of how a product designer (👋 Me) using Docker might resolve this issue. Hope this helps future users. Please see additional remarks for more details, Figma File (Source), and example solutions.

Best regards

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Docker Dev Environments suggest users need to update to use. The banner notifications appear twice, lack resolution instructions, and/or provide unclear methods to trigger download and install of update. This results in quite a bit of chicken pecking, exploration, and subsequent dead ends in commonly recognized locations.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Using Side Menu click on Dev Environments
2. Observe double-banner-notifications
3. Click on banners "please update Docker Desktop to continue…"
4. Upon failure to trigger an update, proceed to step 5
5. Close both banner notifications via X icon on the right
6. Restart docker… Hoping to retrigger Automatic Update
7. Observe missing resolution instructions and proceed to several more common locations in search of a solution… (See tldr; above)

Expected behavior A clear and concise method to update Docker Desktop via any number of the following methods:

• Clicking on "Update docker now" on the Dev Environments Page
• Clicking on "Please update Docker Desktop…" banner notification
• In preferences > General > Under Automatically check for updates - Click "Check for updates now"
• After launching Docker Desktop display "Update docker now" banner, click "Start Update"
• Clicking the "bug icon" (i.e Troubleshoot) Click "Check for updates"
• Via Apple Menu > Docker Desktop > About Docker Desktop - Click "Update" - Observe version, to proceed… to google how to update docker desktop.

Screenshots In no particular order, the following screenshots are the state and possible locations where I was hoping to find a method to update docker.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Mac BigSur (😞)
• Version 11.2.3 (20D91)

Version of Docker Desktop:
You can find the version by clicking on the About Docker Desktop menu

Version 3.5.2 (3.5.2.18)

Additional context After writing all of the above… I noticed that the Docker Menu Icon had an exclamation mark and a quick command (CMD+R) to trigger an update.

After going through all of the above, I jumped into Figma to offer some additional context and example solutions. Figma File (Source)

[felipecruz91]

Hey @JWhiteUX,

Thank you very much for your feedback. We really appreciate the time and effort you took with the designs. We'll take a look at your proposition!