On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Andrew Farris <lordmorgul(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Callum Lerwick wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 3:07 AM, Nicolas Mailhot <
> nicolas.mailhot(a)laposte.net> wrote:
>
> [1]
http://www.packagekit.org/temp/gpk-application-multiple.png
>>>
>> I think your main problem was the tabs gallore on the right side. It's
>> probably better to have just one column with information presented
>> sequentially in it
>>
>
>
> Yes, since its presenting information and not UI, use a collapsible tree.
> Like say, Wireshark's packet information display.
>
I hate having a center column so narrow it needs a scrollbar just to show
the name of most packages. Thats just simply an unusable UI, even if the
right side was collapsible.
Well yes, I don't really like the horizontal three panel thing either.
Widescreen isn't *that* wide, and I'm not likely to have every last machine
in my arsenal upgraded to widescreen for 5 more years, at best. My point
about using a tree instead of tabs still stands. Think in terms of varying
verbosity rather than flipping through pages... (This goes for yumex as
well...)