Aaron Kulkis wrote:
ianseeks wrote:
I would prefer that items not installed have greyed-out
icons rather than just removing them. That would let any
knowledgeable administrator know that the item is available
and can be installed.
I was thinking of a set up for new users. Greyed out icons would be
more confusing and as cluttered as it is now. An icon should only
appear to show something that is there. A knowledgable user would
know whether or not he/she had, for example, NIS installed and if
they didn't have it installed they would know that they would have to
install it.
NIS is a poor example, because it is long-established
(20 years old) software.
An icon that just plain old doesn't even appear doesn't
help an admin that some NEW software (say, yet another
virtualization, or something else that we don't even
have today. Basically, the greyed-out icon is a
way advertising new features, without making everyone
read a big book which is 98% identical to the previous
book.
Further, one could have an option to filter out the grey icons. And they
probably wouldn't be displayed in "beginner" mode, should such a thing
come to exist.
Russell Jones
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