Re: [Synaptic-devel] Updated UI Proposal

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

> Here is a more polished ui proposal for the main window.
> 
> The glade file is appended.
> 
> To get a better idea about the design I have made a fake screenshot. You
> can download it here (88 kbyte):
> 
> http://pimpldrive.pimpzkru.de/renate/synaptic/mockup.png

I like the general idea, but I think we need some discussion on it
before working to replace the current scheme. Some general comments
to start our discussion:

- Why do we have a combobox above the section list? What does it do?

- We've lost the "Filters" button, and the two buttons of the "Find"
  interactive dialog. That's not a big problem, since the Filters
  stuff is available in the menu bar, and the Find dialog could have
  its behavior changed to automatically restart the search.

- We need three buttons to represent the possible changes to the state
  of a package. The "Keep" button is missing from the dialog. Perhaps
  it's time to drop buttons in favor of the popup dialog.

- The "Undo" button should be moved to the global task bar.

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Gustavo Niemeyer
http://niemeyer.net