[Mageia-discuss] guessing

Fri Oct 29 12:30:15 CEST 2010

Hello,
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+from former updates or package selections
+if you have mdv installed for one year and you only choose some packages
+keep a record of what is not selected (not wanted) on the system by the user
+based on these things it could guess you don´t want everything to show up on 
+your screen
+and i think some users might benefit if they would have less packages to choose 
+from, the new users...
+when i first installed mdv (last year after i deleted mdv 2008 from my netbook) 
+i needed some programs i looked for them in ´install and remove software´ and 
+some were confusing me...
+
+so by keeping a large scale record of what users usually select, a default 
+guessing can be forced on every user on fresh install (the buttons show more 
+and/or show less would be good for someone who doesn´t like the idea of being 
+forced to accept something), after let´s say 100 installed packages the user´s 
+selection profile can start to be clear
+if he only selects gui packages, it´s clear he doesn´t want other ones on the 
+screen
+also if he has a profile on the mageia website, the profile could save the 
+user´s packages clicks online
+when he logs in, mageia could just download his former profile without asking 
+(or maybe asking is good)
+also if the user suddenly is a better linux user and for another 100 clicks he 
+selects all kinds of packages, the former 2000 clicks should have less influence 
+on what appears on the screen, than the last 100 clicks
+
+while updating, maybe he never chooses and always updates everything... in this 
+case a button ´install all updates´ as a tooltip near the clock instead of the 
+mdv usual would be faster, painless, and appreciated by a new user who has no 
+idea and doesn´t care what would be best for him to update
+
+Dan.
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