Marius Vollmer wrote:
"ext Ryan Abel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3103
Cool. We are aware that the category view sucks pretty hard, and I,
too, only ever use the All category. I'll try to get some opinions
from
our UI designers about your proposals.
It's really not that bad, the "All"-issue really has more to do with
the repository category mess than any GUI issues with Application
manager.
Thanks for the consideration! :D
What about improving search? Are categories useful at all for finding
things?
Search isn't particularly important to me, if I want to install
something specific, it's usually done through apt.
The primary uses I get out of Application manager are looking for new
and interesting packages (for which it mostly sucks right now, as it
involves me hitting "All" and scanning the whole lists for things that
look new), which a "New since last refresh" pseudo-section would be
incredibly useful for, and updating installed packages, which works
just fine (except for the lack of an Update All—Diablo—and the
tendency to "close unexpectedly" after about every 2nd or 3rd package
install).
I would be happy to let you guys code directly in the Application
manager sources. Interested? (I know I will be glacially slow to
react
to whatever patches you send my way...)
I'm actually rather surprised by the lack of code-input from the
community on hildon-application-manager considering it's open and how
much there is wrong with it. ;)
(I like the treeview variant best, so far. The grid view might have
problems with long category names, and the column view looks too much
like the File manager.)
Personally, while slightly counter to simplicity, I'd like to see all
three implemented (hopefully improved and cleaned-up versions,
anyway :P) and give the user the option of choosing which they'd like.
Either through the preferences dialog (non-optimal) or through some
sort of tab or button interface (probably button, as tabs don't quite
make sense) on the under-populated button-bar at the bottom. Something
along the lines of Media player's Library/Now playing selector would
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