[Mageia-dev] New mockups about mageia-app-db

Sun Feb 6 23:50:51 CET 2011

> 2011/2/6 Marcello Anni <marcello.anni at alice.it>:
+> >> 2011/2/6 Marcello Anni <marcello.anni at alice.it>:
+> 
+> >> > homepage: http://img209.imageshack.us/i/mageiafindouthomepage.jpg/
+> >> > browsing page: 
+http://img696.imageshack.us/i/mageiafindoutbrowsingpa.jpg/
+> >>
+> >> sorry but who is supposed to use mageia-app-db ? power users ? dev ?
+> >> casual/normal users ?
+> >>
+> >
+> > Samuel said that the application must be useful both for newbies and power
+> > users
+> 
+> ok for power users, but for normal users the Ui is too cluttered
+
+[remember that this is only a first mockup made by me (the developer is 
+Samuel), my goal is to provide to him all the most interesting infos and ideas 
+to develop the app as best as possible.]
+
+> 1. left pane : Release Alpha vs Cauldron ? for a normal user, this
+> means pretty nothing. If the user is looking for an
+> application/package, then don't talk about release or repositories.
+
+well, if you have mandriva installed, do you think you don't know what release 
+is? alpha release vs. cauldron could be "Mageia 2011" and "Mageia 2012"
+
+> What about using instead rpm categories, and then display theses kind
+> of information in the package infos
+
+do you mean showing only "amarok" field and when you get into it you'll 
+download different versions depending on the release installed? it can be an 
+interesting idea. 
+> 
+> 2. right pane : Alpha vs Beta ?
+
+also here, i mean something like this: "Mageia 2011" and "Mageia 2012"
+> 
+> 3. center pane : the introduction text is too long IMHO
+
+it is just a first version of what i want to use. any idea to change and 
+improve the text?
+> 
+> 4. why do we have 2 search fields ?
+
+samuel told me he wants to use a search field in the home-page, this is up to 
+him (i would prefer only the smaller search field).
+
+thank you for your input, any other suggestion (also by other people) is 
+welcome!
+
+cheers,
+Marcello
+