Re: [Synaptic-devel] synaptic-0.52-17 interface

[Vincent van Adrighem]

On za, 2004-07-24 at 01:18 -0400, sashko wrote:
> That laterst interface is a piece of shit. I feel like handicap with it. 
> Was there really any reason to take off those tabbars with so useful 
> information like full list of versions and dependencies table. Where did 
> the searchfiled go from the toolbar?
> What is wrong with you, people?

Well, that's one way of saying it. :)

I happen to love the new interface actually. No more confusing tabs in
the main window. You can still get your tabs by rightclicking on a
package and choosing properties. If you leave that window open and click
on another package, it will display the properties of the new package.
So that's not THAT big a problem is it?

I actually sorta agree with the searchfield-on-toolbar problem, but it's
only useful when you know the first few letters of a package. So it was
only for the lucky few who KNOW all packagenames and don't want to wait
for the regular search (which takes a second or two). So no real issue
here either.

Now that we're bitching about how sucky synaptic has become ;)
Let me take this opportunity to say something about the new
categorisation of "filters" and "search results" and such. It's actually
quite nice, BUT after a search, when you want to go back to, say
"Installed packages", you first select "Filters" and synaptic starts
loading the "All" filter. I guess it would be better if synaptic doesn't
actually do anything until you really click on one of the options in the
list. This would make switching between the categories a lot faster.

By the way, synaptic is the very BEST package manager I have ever had
the chance to work with. It really, really rocks. Don't let a "not so
nice e-mail" make you think otherwise.

Kind regards,
Vincent van Adrighem

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