Task:Improving the Application manager - Revision history

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2011-05-13T21:38:55Z

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	[[Image:Application manager icon.png\|left]]As one of the foremost applications in a new user's experience of Maemo, Application manager needs to be one of the platform's best (perhaps only surpassed by the browser and email client). As it stands, though, it is still in need of improvement in a lot of areas. Some of these improvements are small changes (like allowing the repository list to be refreshed from the main view), and some of them are quite large (like the category view overhaul), but the end result should be a much better and more usable Application manager ~~(like [http://www.essaymill.com/\| essay search])~~.		[[Image:Application manager icon.png\|left]]As one of the foremost applications in a new user's experience of Maemo, Application manager needs to be one of the platform's best (perhaps only surpassed by the browser and email client). As it stands, though, it is still in need of improvement in a lot of areas. Some of these improvements are small changes (like allowing the repository list to be refreshed from the main view), and some of them are quite large (like the category view overhaul), but the end result should be a much better and more usable Application manager.


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	=== Revised application info panel ===		=== Revised application info panel ===

	The package info dialog is too limited in the current Application Manager, a fullscreen view should be added that includes several tabs containing a description, screenshots, ~~[http://www.essaymill.com essay search]~~ comments and ratings, as well as maintainer, section, repository, version, size, and dependency information.		The package info dialog is too limited in the current Application Manager, a fullscreen view should be added that includes several tabs containing a description, screenshots, comments and ratings, as well as maintainer, section, repository, version, size, and dependency information.

	=== Find as you type ===		=== Find as you type ===
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	==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====		==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====
	This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.		This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.
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imported_>mrsellout: Undo revision 43448 by 69.72.247.203 (Talk)

2011-05-13T21:35:13Z

Undo revision 43448 by 69.72.247.203 (Talk)

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	==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====		==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====
	This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.		This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.
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69.72.247.203: /* Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems */

2011-05-13T10:40:03Z

Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems

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	==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====		==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====
	This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.		This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.
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69.72.247.203: /* Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems */

2011-05-13T10:39:25Z

Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems

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	==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====		==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====
	This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.		This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.
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imported_>vdvsx: Reverted edits by jayadeva (Talk); changed back to last version by 119.111.124.194

2009-09-16T23:28:36Z

Reverted edits by jayadeva (Talk); changed back to last version by 119.111.124.194

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	[[Image:Application manager icon.png\|left]]As one of the foremost applications in a new user's experience of Maemo, Application manager needs to be one of the platform's best (perhaps only surpassed by the browser and email client). As it stands, though, it is still in need of improvement in a lot of areas. Some of these improvements are small changes (like allowing the repository list to be refreshed from the main view), and some of them are quite large (like the category view overhaul), but the end result should be a much better and more usable Application manager (like [http://www.essaymill.com/\| essay search]).		[[Image:Application manager icon.png\|left]]As one of the foremost applications in a new user's experience of Maemo, Application manager needs to be one of the platform's best (perhaps only surpassed by the browser and email client). As it stands, though, it is still in need of improvement in a lot of areas. Some of these improvements are small changes (like allowing the repository list to be refreshed from the main view), and some of them are quite large (like the category view overhaul), but the end result should be a much better and more usable Application manager (like [http://www.essaymill.com/\| essay search]).


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imported_>jayadeva at 21:46, 16 September 2009

2009-09-16T21:46:16Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:46, 16 September 2009
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	[[Image:Application manager icon.png\|left]]As one of the foremost applications in a new user's experience of Maemo, Application manager needs to be one of the platform's best (perhaps only surpassed by the browser and email client). As it stands, though, it is still in need of improvement in a lot of areas. Some of these improvements are small changes (like allowing the repository list to be refreshed from the main view), and some of them are quite large (like the category view overhaul), but the end result should be a much better and more usable Application manager (like [http://www.essaymill.com/\| essay search]).		[[Image:Application manager icon.png\|left]]As one of the foremost applications in a new user's experience of Maemo, Application manager needs to be one of the platform's best (perhaps only surpassed by the browser and email client). As it stands, though, it is still in need of improvement in a lot of areas. Some of these improvements are small changes (like allowing the repository list to be refreshed from the main view), and some of them are quite large (like the category view overhaul), but the end result should be a much better and more usable Application manager (like [http://www.essaymill.com/\| essay search]).


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119.111.124.194: /* Goals for Fremantle */

2009-09-16T20:45:40Z

Goals for Fremantle

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	=== Revised application info panel ===		=== Revised application info panel ===

	The package info dialog is too limited in the current Application Manager, a fullscreen view should be added that includes several tabs containing a description, screenshots, comments and ratings, as well as maintainer, section, repository, version, size, and dependency information.		The package info dialog is too limited in the current Application Manager, a fullscreen view should be added that includes several tabs containing a description, screenshots, [http://www.essaymill.com essay search] comments and ratings, as well as maintainer, section, repository, version, size, and dependency information.

	=== Find as you type ===		=== Find as you type ===

122.49.210.50 at 15:22, 16 September 2009

2009-09-16T15:22:16Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:22, 16 September 2009
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	[[Image:Application manager icon.png\|left]]As one of the foremost applications in a new user's experience of Maemo, Application manager needs to be one of the platform's best (perhaps only surpassed by the browser and email client). As it stands, though, it is still in need of improvement in a lot of areas. Some of these improvements are small changes (like allowing the repository list to be refreshed from the main view), and some of them are quite large (like the category view overhaul), but the end result should be a much better and more usable Application manager.		[[Image:Application manager icon.png\|left]]As one of the foremost applications in a new user's experience of Maemo, Application manager needs to be one of the platform's best (perhaps only surpassed by the browser and email client). As it stands, though, it is still in need of improvement in a lot of areas. Some of these improvements are small changes (like allowing the repository list to be refreshed from the main view), and some of them are quite large (like the category view overhaul), but the end result should be a much better and more usable Application manager (like [http://www.essaymill.com/\| essay search]).



	== Goals for Fremantle ==		== Goals for Fremantle ==

194.121.90.163: /* Description */

2009-02-03T06:57:55Z

Description

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	[[Image:Application manager description mock-up.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Mock-up of the description tab]]		[[Image:Application manager description mock-up.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Mock-up of the description tab]]
	==== Description ====		==== Description ====
	The description field also needs soft-wrapping to make some descriptions fit. The problem here is that many descriptions are already hard-wrapped, which might result in ugly half-soft/half-hard–wrapped text. This may need to be addressed [https://maemo.org/forrest-images/pdf/maemo-policy.pdf packaging-side].		The description field also needs soft-wrapping to make some descriptions fit. The problem here is that many descriptions are already hard-wrapped, which might result in ugly half-soft/half-hard–wrapped text. Some simple de-wrapping (e.g. just removing all newlines that aren't followed by a blank line) may already result in a pleasing line wrap. This may need to be addressed [https://maemo.org/forrest-images/pdf/maemo-policy.pdf packaging-side].

	[[Image:Application manager installing mock-up.png\|thumb\|250px\|Mock-up of the installing tab]]		[[Image:Application manager installing mock-up.png\|thumb\|250px\|Mock-up of the installing tab]]

	==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====		==== Installing/Uninstalling/Upgrading/Problems ====
	This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.		This tab is a particularly bad offender, as the content is a known value—we know the type of information that appears here and we can predict how it will be formatted. The first and simplest solution is to take all of the packages under each heading and aligned them with the left side of the dialog. Most of the problems crop up from having such a huge amount of whitespace to the left of the package lists, so bringing these lists down a line and over to the left would eliminate a lot of horizontal scrolling. The headings (e.g., "Application packages missing:") will need to be offset from the text somehow, too.

imported_>generalantilles: /* Main view */ Moving misplaced randomness to the talk page

2008-11-03T00:20:35Z

Main view: Moving misplaced randomness to the talk page

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	== Main view ==		== Main view ==
	The main view is a user's portal to Maemo software, it's largely fine right now, but not very interesting. It needs a way to draw in new users and get them interested in the software available to them.		The main view is a user's portal to Maemo software, it's largely fine right now, but not very interesting. It needs a way to draw in new users and get them interested in the software available to them.

	~~=== Background processing without indication ===~~
	It will just get stuck here (applies to other screens) when doing things in the background when you try to do some operation (e.g. install from web or from a deb file using the file manager, or even edit catalogs). Attempting to do anything else including the same thing which you don't know if it received, it just says "Operation in progress..." with no way to abort, no measure of progress, and it can sit there for a very long time with no changes and appearing it has crashed. There should be at minimum a busy status (e.g. a gtk field that changes to text saying something like "Busy Updating..."), but even more a progress indicator and/or some indication of what operation is in progress (did it get the instruction to install the right thing or did I tap the wrong thing or is it doing something else entirely?). If it is doing something unrelated or even interruptable (updating the package list, looking for upgrades), there should be a way to abort. This could replace or add to the Button bar noted below

	[[Image:Main-view-mockup.png\|thumb\|250px\|Mock-up of the main view]]		[[Image:Main-view-mockup.png\|thumb\|250px\|Mock-up of the main view]]