New Smart GUI

[linux_learner]

You and I are thinking along the same lines. I am working towards those
things.

On 8/2/07, Frode Petersen <fropeter at online.no> wrote:
>
> Hi. Just 2 cents from a user:
>
> Patryk Zawadzki wrote:
> > On 8/2/07, linux_learner <linux.learner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Jop and I have been working on the new smart gui. It is written with
> Glade.
> >> I am open to suggestions. I am also keeping track of it here
> >>
> http://thecompletecomputerresource.com/forum/index.php?topic=137.msg453;topicseen#msg453
> >>  My forum.
> >
> > I think that current GUI is more intuitive. Why would you want a
> > channels tab or config tab? There are part of the configuration and
> > belong under the Edit menu.
>
> I've been using smart for a long time, and a couple of things that I
> feel would be improvements are including mirror configuration in the
> dialog for channel configuration, and making it possible to export the
> internal configuration to (a) .channel(s) file.
>
> I often turn on and off channels, so having them easily at hand is nice.
> I don't know if having them in a separate tab would make a difference,
> though.
>
> > I agree that "search" should be always visible, I believe Banshee got
> > that part right.
> >
> > I'd also like to drop the "hide XX" checkboxes in favour of a "view"
> > dropdown (view: all, installed, available, upgrades, marked).
>
> I second that.
>
> Another thing that would be nice is a drop down list on the tool bar for
> choosing tree style.
>
> Would it be possible to have a way to select a base set of channels and
> limit updating of certain packages to this set? Having upgraded one too
> many times with the wrong repos enabled has put this on my wish list.
>
> Regards,
> Frode Petersen
>
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