> I think the treeview and the wizard could work together quite nicely,
> afterall it's just a form that has a basic set of operations: choose the
> programs to install -> wait for them to download/copy -> (check the gpg
> keys) -> install them -> return to the beginning.

rpmdrake is not what should become a wizard...the actuall installer is what
should become a wizard, no tree's here that i remember...

you should be able to select the rpm's you want installed through
rpmdrake like you currently do, but when you click the install button
it then brings up the installer wizard much like the old rpmdrake and 
installer worked...

http://www.phatvibez.net/images/mdk8_1/rpminst_depend.jpg
http://www.phatvibez.net/images/mdk8_1/rpminst_descrip.jpg
http://www.phatvibez.net/images/mdk8_1/rpminst_progress.jpg

a lot of that could be cut out now and simplified though probably.

then, like the previous post said, wait to check the gpg sig's after 
all have been downloaded and display any errors.

remember that the installer can be run outside of rpmdrake...
like right clicking an rpm in konq. -> open with -> Software Installer.
(which should be the default if just clicked but for me it opens in kpackage)

currently this is what i get...

http://www.phatvibez.net/files/mandrake/images/rpminstall/depends.png
http://www.phatvibez.net/files/mandrake/images/rpminstall/badsig1.png
http://www.phatvibez.net/files/mandrake/images/rpminstall/depends.png

this is what my intial email was about, you get two bad sig popups right in a 
row.

>>2. many apps use popup windows for questions/warnings/etc, they
>>   are generally considered as "good UI design"

they are a good thing, but like any good thing too many is not

-Brad




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