I would like to register my full agreement to this post, especially points 2 and 5. Additionaly, I don't think it is a good idea for the main installer window to disappear once you click on "install". Windoze users would assume that the application crashed. Perhaps popping up a window with a status bar instead would do the trick? Not to be antagonistic, but it would be nice to see some kind of explanation for the interface "enhancements" to the new rpmdrake. It all seems like a step backwards to me.
Scott Rainaldo Mandrake Club member ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: David Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:47:38 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Ugly and nonergonomic rpmdrake !!! I sort of agree, although my criticism of the new version is not so harsh. Simplicity is always better, although not at the sacrifice of necessary features. My main points: 1) The ability to search through titles or descriptions should be brought back 2) All the facilities of rpmdrake should be accessible from one GUI, not 4 (!!!) menu entries! 3) When installing/removing packages, once a certain package is selected, it should be shown in a list, so that the user knows which packages are currently selected for installation/removal. 4) It should be possible to remove and install packages simultaneously, just like in the old rpmdrake. 5) BUG: rpmdrake closes right away after installing a package. Expected behaviour: it should stay open, in case you want to install some more. Please lets add on to this list, telling developers exactly what we liked about the old rpmdrake, and provide developers with some clear and precise things to improve upon in the new one. David Grant Mircea Ciocan wrote: > OK, I could live without the breezecom driver but today I updated > cooker fron Saturday and saw what becomed of rpmdrake, and with all > due respect for the coders is a steaming pile of sh..t, please explain > to a guy who LOVED the the 8.1/8.2 style, why for God sake was > necessary to butcher such a nice and functional utility and transform > it in such a nonfunctional garbage ???? > I mean those ridicolus dialogs, the imposibility of setting your own > mirror, the butt ugly presentation of packages and so on, was anybody > complainig that the previous incarnation was to good or what ??? > I really can explain why was necesary to destroy on of the strongest > points of selling of that distribution and endlessly confuse ordinary > people converted to Linux that started to undersand to like it. > Even more, is that the old interface available somewhere, could it > be possible to have an old style rpm or what contribution or lobby is > necesarry to revert to the old and nice style of rpmdrake, I have a > strong feeling that I'm not the only one who wants back the old and > nice interface. > > Mircea C. > > P.S. On a side note cooker insalled flawlessly on my crappy Dell > Latitude and it works very well, also the today update made via urpmi > --auto-select ( sniff, snifff ;) > > > ---- End Original Message ---- ************************************************ Free Game Guides! Complete walkthrus, secrets, hints and tips exclusively from IGN.com Play better today at http://guides.ign.com **************************************************
