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

Mon Feb 7 11:24:09 CET 2011

On 6 February 2011 23:17, Fabrice Facorat <fabrice.facorat at gmail.com> wrote:
+> 2011/2/6 Marcello Anni <marcello.anni at alice.it>:
+>>> 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"
+>
+> whereas eventually I may know about release ( Mageia 2011 ), I may not
+> know about updates/backports/testing/....
+> What's the point fo browsing by release ? It's an application
+> database, so you should browse by applications.
+>
+>>> 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.
+>
+> first I see the main categories : Office, Sound & Video, Tools, ...
+> Then the sub-category and then the application :
+> Sound & Video -> Sound -> Amarok
+> The left pane should only show categories, the application list will
+> be displayed in the center pane.
+>
+> See tthe way you navigate in this :
+> http://download.cnet.com/windows/mp3-and-audio-software/?tag=rb_content;contentNav
+>
+>>> 2. right pane : Alpha vs Beta ?
+>>
+>> also here, i mean something like this: "Mageia 2011" and "Mageia 2012"
+>
+> this won't scale when you will have more and more release, except if
+> you plan to show only 2 releases, and so to support a mandriva release
+> only during 2 releases cycles.
+>
+> --
+> Close the World, Open the Net
+> http://www.linux-wizard.net
+>
+
+I like the ratings and the "news" about new packages on the right,
+however the centre pane is a little cluttered, maybe if the info there
+was put into topics with turn down boxes it would make it clearer and
+cleaner as the information is a little distracting atm.
+
+Donald.
+