On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 17:59 -0600, Billie Walsh wrote: > Kevin Dupuy wrote: > > On Nov 24, 2007, at 6:51 AM, Billie Walsh wrote: > > > >> Thomas Goettlicher wrote: > >>>> Hi everyone, > >>>> > >>>> we want to redesign the YaST Control Center. Therefore we are looking > >>>> for a radical new design. > >> > >> I agree with everyone else. It doesn't need a "complete" redesign. A few > >> tweaks maybe, but not a whole new design. It's functional. It works. And > >> even a NOOB can figure out what the heck does what. I did with my first > >> install of SuSE 9.0, AND without asking any mailing list. > > > > I don't know how competent you were with a computer with SUSE 9.0. I > > remember using 9.0, and (the QT based YaST, anyway) was exactly the > > same. The number of YaST modules has gone up, the things YaST can do > > has gone up, and for a new user it can be very confusing! > > SuSE 9.0 was the first time I ever worked on anything other than > DOS/Windows. On the other hand I had used about everything from about > DOS 3/Windows 1 up through Win ME then XP. My first PC was an 8088XT. My > first computer was a TI 99/4A then a CoCo. > > What the heck is so confusing about "Software" in the left panel and > "Software Management", "Online Update", etc in the right. OR, "Hardware" > in left panel and "TV Card", Mouse", Keyboard", etc in the right. > > When you open a module in YaST you get hints in the left panel to what > needs to be put in the right panel. IMHO, these could use a little > touching up but they are there. > > It appears to me that just about everything in YaST is pretty much self > explanatory.
Okay... so, as an example, in Yast > Network Services > NIS Server. How does that become self-explanatory to someone who has never heard of NIS before? Even further... Click on Help in the NIS Server module and the following message comes up: "Select whether to configure the NIS server as a master or a slave or not to configure a NIS server." Again, how is this self-explanatory? That's the point some of us are trying to make. There should be at least a brief explanation to the purpose of a module's services. -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
