[Installit-dev] "package manager " becomes "InstallIt"

Benedikt Meurer benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de
Wed Aug 24 16:01:46 CEST 2005


Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> In regard to those steps, I'd like to show you our first draft for the
> main window: http://installit.xfce.org/trac.cgi/wiki/UserInterface
> 
> It features
> 
>   - a menu with access to preferences and server setup
>   - manual update functionality
>   - a large listview for displaying packages and package groups
>   - a table containing information and an icon dependent on the package
>     type
>   - "install" and "uninstall" buttons
> 
> We shouldn't bug the user with more than that. The download and
> installation wizard will be shown once you click install/remove and the
> main window will be hidden, then.

Looks good, tho the Description should be a TextView, because it is 
usually more than one line. Maybe put only Name and Version into the 
panel and add a button "More Info", which pops up a dialog with detailed 
information (as the dependencies are also unlikely to fit into one line).

> - Jannis

Benedikt



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