> But the current AM is a pretty unfriendly place for browsing > a long list > of available applications. In the past, I kept saying that I > don't want > the AM to turn into a portal for applications, that should be left to > the browser. We have downloads.maemo.org, which is this portal. Are > people using it? As a thought experiment, could we remove the "Browse > installable applications" button from the AM and get by with just > downloads.maemo.org? Should we work on better integration?
Definitely not until the browser works faster and it's easier to click links. For me, AM is far quicker and less frustrating than having to browse that site (slowly) and click the little links. > There is another angle: many applications are extensible with plugins > and add-ons, etc. There is a lot of potential there to simplify > juggling with these packages. For example, there is no point to even > show the pidgin-l10n-klingon package if you don't have Pidgin > installed. > This add-on management is probably a bit hard to do for a portal site > like downloads.maemo.org. But the current AM is not much better. We spoke about this before (not sure whether it was on the list or not, does anyone have a link - Jaffa?), but basically I would like to be able to see what plugins an app has before installing it. I might want to see if Pidgin has current support for Gadu (or any other protocol, etc.), I'd prefer not having to install it to be able to see the available plugins. I do agree though that hiding them would clean up the list and would be suitable for most of the time (though it should be possible to unhide them if needed). Cheers, Simon _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
