On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Bryen wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 12:17 +0100, Thomas Goettlicher wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > we want to redesign the YaST Control Center. Therefore we are looking > > for a radical new design. [...] > > What frustrates me personally is the lack of documentation/explanation > within Yast modules. For example, the other day, I posted a query here > on the mailing list asking where I could go to get definitions of the > multiple options available in Samba shares as presented by Yast. People > pointed me to SWAT, which turns out to be a very cool tool to use. From > a "competitive" perspective, Yast loses its audience to SWAT hands down. > > Should there be some flexibility, where if you click on Yast SAMBA > Server, either the Yast module or the SWAT interface comes up, depending > on how the administrator configures default action of a module? (i.e., > Yast icon links either to a module or to an external tool?) >
[...] What if Yast was to change to a web-based paradigm similar to SWAT? That way, utilities like SWAT, WebMin etc. could be seamlessly integrated into Yast. In fact, what about rewriting Yast-specific stuff as WebMin modules? That would be pretty radical... -- ====================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
