Re: PackageKit UI

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 15:09 +0200, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:09:10PM +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > Comments/suggestions welcome,
> 
> What are your use cases?  Do you have any?

Lots, see www.packagekit.org.

> How do you handle the use case "I need something to type a letter,
> what can I install for that, what are my choices?".
> How do you handle the use case "I want my desktop to look cooler, what
> can I add?".
> How do you handle the use case "I need some free space, what can I
> remove?".

We are prototyping something web-based for this sort of thing. We'll be
announcing stuff soon (if it works), I promise.

> What information does the opened/closed box icon give, apart from "we
> have good graphists"?

Open = installed, closed = not installed. The icons also change if you
select them to be added or removed.

> Why do you present multiple versions of the same thing (compiz-gnome
> in your screenshot), especially as is they were different?

Ahh, it shows there is an update available. Maybe we need to expose this
clearer.

> Why is the ordering done on the less visible, bottom text?
> 
> And a detail, Hompage -> Homepage.

Ohh, yes, thanks.

Richard.