On Sep 18, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
>
> Am Sonntag, den 10.09.2006, 17:21 +1200 schrieb Matthew Paul Thomas:
>>
>>> Some of the content useful for more advanced users it outside the
>>> default visible area, and can be scrolled to.
>>
>> I don't think I've ever seen a window like that. Can you give an
>> example?
>
> The synaptic download window and all of its error dialogs, which also
> display the terminal output of apt.
> ...
Wow, you're right. The listbox in the download window probably should
be replaced by text for the currently downloading file:
__
\/ Time remaining: about 7 hours
Downloading: linux-image-2.6.15-27-386
From: security.ubuntu.com
Rate: 2897 B/s
The error alerts could similarly be made more useful by parsing the
terminal output and replacing the listboxes with text, something like:
3 of the 27 files (including
“linux-image-2.6.15-27-386_2.6.15-27.48_i386.deb” from
security.ubuntu.com) could not be downloaded. Do you want to
install the 4 packages that all files were downloaded for?
( Open Full Log ) ( Cancel ) (( Install 4 Anyway ))
(The button wording sucks, I know.) Anyway, these are quite unusual
cases, so I don't think they warrant making alerts maximizable. The
lack of a maximize button is one of the visual cues that "this is an
alert".
Cheers
--
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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