On 27 October 2010 00:16, Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]> wrote: > > The problem is: > If you hide too much ("Programs with GUI") the forums are crowded with > threads like > - "Install foo from the MCC" > - "I can't find it in the software management" > - "Did you set your media?" > - "Yes, foo is not there." > - "Did you change view to 'All'?" > - "Ah! Now I see it - very confusing!" > There were times when such postings were more than 10 per month! > > If you hide too few like "All" the unexperienced user is confused. He > will be surely confused by a list of options he hasn't any clue what > they mean. > > A solution could be to > 1. hide everything but the application packages (no matter if GUI or CLI) > 2. Insert such a list of options but give it an "expert" tag. > 3. The most important: make a search result visible also if the result > is something which would be hidden otherwise. > > Example: > gstreamer-plugin-devel (don't care about the name) would be hidden in > standard view. But if the user writes "gstreamer" into the search > field it shouold be displayed in the search result view. >
What's "standard view" in this context? standard view is empty when I open rpmdrake; or you mean when one selects a group/category from the list on the left? > This way we could even keep the current order with "programs with gui" > as default. When the user no searches for 'mc' he will see it in the > list of search results, although 'mc' would not be displayed in > "Programs with GUI" view. > Well that's the same problem, you search for 'amarok' you'll get a lot of packages, libs, -utils,-scripts (double that number on 64bit installs as you'll see both x86_64 and i586 packages). I still think a "Show more" button, however it is implemented, is a good idea... > Does anybody understand what I wrote? Can't explain it in better words. :) > -- Ahmad Samir
