I'm too tired to list all changes i was thinking about but here's a few ideas to throw into the pot - maybe a bit old hat or MS centric - Could all the main sections in the left column be Tabs?
> > We identified a number of problems with that old control center: > > (1) There are too many icons in there - way more that can easily be > navigated. Yep, merge a couple of sections and only show icons for items installed. e.g. Miscellaneous section - rename to System Logs: Move "Release Notes" into the Software section Move "Vendor Driver CD" to Hardware/Drivers section Software Section: Group the "Online Update" "Automatic Online Update" and Online Update Config" programs together Hardware Section - rename to Hardware/Drivers: Move Network Devices into Hardware section Don't show icons for hardware that is not in the system, create an "Add hardware" icon that lauches a module that lists all the possibities System section - rename to System Services: Move "Network Services" into this section Don't show icons for services which are not in the system, create an "Add Service" icon that lauches a moule that lists all the possibities Group related icons together Security and Users Section - Split into 2 sections a) Security and Remote mangement b) User management: Move "Novell AppArmor" into the Security section Move "VNC" into the Security section Move "Kerberos" into the Security section User Section: User Management Group Management Sudo (?) > > (2) The groups don't always match users' expectations. > (E.g., is firewall more related to security or to network?) > > (3) It's hard for newbies to figure out what does what. > > (3a) Sometimes it's hard to figure out the difference between modules. > > (4) It's often enough hard for expert to find things. > > (5) It's not exactly pretty. > > > Back when we designed that control center, we figured it would do its job > fairly well. But that was when we only had a small number of modules. And > eye candy was less readily available from the underlying toolkits. Time has > changed since then. I counted no less than 119 YaST-related .desktop files > on my machine (not counting the groups files). That corresponds to 119 > icons that have to be presented somehow. That just doesn't scale any more > with the old control center approach. > > So in the ideal case we would like to have a completely new approach. > This is what that "radical change" was all about. > > Maybe there is a different way than just placing a lot of icons in a window > (with or without groups) and let the user figure out how to deal with it. > Carefully taking care, of course, of all kinds of users, newbies as well as > experts. > > Failing that, maybe somebody has a good idea how to present the modules > traditionally in an icon view, but in a way that does not overwhelm > everybody when the window opens (the "show all at once" approach) or that > leaves the user searching for the right module at most times (the icon > groups or even icon tree approach). > > This is what that was all about. This is what we ask your opinions for. > > > CU > -- > Stefan Hundhammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Penguin by conviction. > YaST2 Development > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) > Nürnberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
