-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Enrico Zini schrieb: > Hello, > > I'm so proud of this that I need to announce it to Debian Devel > Announce. > > I implemented a new kind of package search, here: > > http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi > > It's an experimental new way of searching Debian packages: you start > with a normal text search, and then you work with categories. > > Working with categories is as easy as expressing three very simple > opinions: "I want this", "I don't want this", "I don't care about this". > > You don't even need to know about the categories to use this, and in > a few simple clicks, you should to the packages you need. > > (description taken from the FAQ[1]) > > It is experimental and it is a prototype, so it is slow. > But it is cool! > > The idea came from a chat with OpenUsability's Jan Mühlig at LinuxTag, > and has been further enhanced with discussions in the Debtags mailing > list[2]. > > Both the search page and the editing and browsing pages connected to it > definitely need some Ajaxing. If you decide to do it, send a mail to > [email protected]; improvements of the CSS are also > very welcome. > Hi Enrico [and all others],
did I already say that the new package browser looks good and has definitely great potential? Hooray to the combination of good programmers and usability experts! Too bad I don't know anything about AJAX, but I hope I can be helpful with other stuff. While I was browsing around, I noticed that it would be beneficial if quasi-subfacets like devel::lang: and made-of::lang: would be displayed on their own level. Of course, this can be done without introducing eg. devel::lang as a separate tag with it's own description, but I cannot think of it right now. Do you have any ideas for that? Otherwise, I'm carrying around the ideas of tag properties (like: "abstract" for devel::lang, "exotic" for rare categories, so that they can be hidden in the GUI etc), but I haven't made a braindump of this idea yet. Keep up the good work! best greetings Torsten - -- Torsten Marek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ID: A244C858 -- FP: 1902 0002 5DFC 856B F146 894C 7CC5 451E A244 C858 Keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDeidbfMVFHqJEyFgRArWVAKC2ctZEh1xjAzfkOxlVX1ZJz8//hgCfVNi/ vTVZjT++4x7PmfNRkzpB5sU= =5Lyy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Debtags-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debtags-devel
