-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 17 Jun 2003, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > GC, we have talked about this before. You are not easily convinced but the > issue keeps coming up. If you really want to know, post a poll on > mandrakeclub (or do a telephone poll for registered users, but that will > be more expensive). > > The reason is: > I want to find a program for emailing. What do you do? -> Install > software -> search description for "email"-> Nothing found! > User thinks: WTF? > Smarter user starts (ironically and contra-intuitive) software removal, > finds kmail/evolution, thinks: ahh...I already have such a program, it is > called kmail! Than he has to hope that the menu name corresponds with the > rpm name (another Feature request: make the menu name clearly visible in > rpmdrake, this will imediatly suggest what menu item is connected with > the package).
Ideally, the user should also be able to launch the software directly from the place he/she searched for it, but this can't really be done now with rpmdrake, which is why ... > > Think a bit further, currently rpmdrake has an "easy" interface, but not a > friendly one. (Look at some Mac software). rpmdrake has become quite nice, > but it is sometimes not suited for the things many users want. > And of course, at present rpmdrake can only be run as root. If it were run as normal user, it should be run in "browse all possible packages" mode, and installed packages could be launched by the user, if the package is not installed, rpmdrake could be called as root in install mode to install the package. Thus, one action would be available in the user mode, "run". It would run the software if it is installed, if not, it would install it, then run it ... > Well, I was never able to convince you, and have proposed doing it myself, > but I lack the time unless I gave up some other projects:( Of course, we are even ignoring the requests on MandrakeClub for packaging rpmdrake from 8.2 ... which have been made for 9.0 and 9.1. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+7xDFrJK6UGDSBKcRAo68AJ0b1UMMPCgZsA4KqRennhaF0b6W9QCgmQd2 z6zFi9hBiWpJhaTrDXACip0= =Y0Em -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
