Maarten Vanraes wrote: > Op woensdag 27 oktober 2010 00:52:25 schreef Frank Griffin: > >> Wolfgang Bornath wrote: >> >>> A solution could be to >>> 1. hide everything but the application packages (no matter if GUI or CLI) >>> 2. Insert such a list of options but give it an "expert" tag. >>> 3. The most important: make a search result visible also if the result >>> is something which would be hidden otherwise. >>> >>> Example: >>> gstreamer-plugin-devel (don't care about the name) would be hidden in >>> standard view. But if the user writes "gstreamer" into the search >>> field it shouold be displayed in the search result view. >>> >>> This way we could even keep the current order with "programs with gui" >>> as default. When the user no searches for 'mc' he will see it in the >>> list of search results, although 'mc' would not be displayed in >>> "Programs with GUI" view. >>> >>> Does anybody understand what I wrote? Can't explain it in better words. >>> :) >>> >> Excellent point. This mirrors something I suggested in another thread >> about rpmdrake and repositories. Show anything, if it's asked for, >> whether the source is "disabled" or not. >> > OTOH for new users, this overwelming choice of programs can be quite > overwelming. > > I would propose to have a bydefault hiding of most of the programs (more or > less like now); but when once clicked off, to be remembered for next time. >
Umm, you *did* read the bit about how the would existing "hidden" choices would be hidden by default ? > OR > > when you search and find nothing; to get a display that the view is switched > to > all; because it couldn't find your package > Well, maybe a popup to the effect that if you change your view you might see what you wanted... > OR > > have the results in two collapsable regions; where the first one contains the > "GUI" packages and the 2nd is collapsed by default (when the first one is > empty, it's collapsed and the 2nd one is open? > I think the above popup would do. > > I want this to be usefull for new users (while not being unusefull for > contributers like myself) my dad, for instance, absolutely loves that by > default the GUI packages are listed; because he never uses any console. > Hmm. Does your dad really care, or are you just projecting onto him ? In other words, did he actually use rpmdrake back when "All" was the default and have a problem with it, or are you just assuming that he'd want GUI packages by default because of what you know he likes ?
