kunal ghosh wrote: > For my project i am designing a stand alone GUI but would like to > incubate it to a Browser based User Interface (pretty much like the > NimbleX online customizer ,then it would be truly a platform > independent distro constructor). > > The following is my current roadmap: > 1.Design a wizard like GUI using Java. > 2.Provide options for adding repositories , selecting a subset of > available repositories. > 3.Option for Media Selection (i.e final media would be a CD/DVD or/and > USB image). > 4.Package selection. In my opinion, a DC user's experience can be improved in 2 areas.
1) A better interface to specify what they want in the image (ie: a better way to create/edit the manifest) 2) Having external resources they can use to generate the image. This is the online image generation service Dave is talking about. Your current roadmap could certainly help with improvement #1. If you haven't already, check out the Package Manager. I think it would be good for the user to have similar experience of selecting repositories and packages in the DC as the Package Manager. One useful feature to have is to be able to save a copy the manifest after the user makes all the selections. This would be useful for regardless you are going to do a standalone GUI or a Browser based GUI. The challenge is to integrate improvements #1 and #2. --Karen > > would love if you could give suggestions or comments. > (The choice of using JAVA for GUI is a part of the project proposal > and cannot be changed.) >
