Re: [H-source-users] new version of h-source uploaded to h-node.org

[Michał Masłowski]

>> Will users be able to look up specific laptop models this
>> way though? I
>> think it is important to list individual components but also
>> specific
>> laptop models.
>> 
>
> Do you mean if the users will be able to distinguish between notebooks
> and motherboard when they are listed together inside the same page? It
> could indeed create a bit of confusion.. I think that if a user has to
> buy a notebook, it wouldn't like to find notebooks mixed to
> motherboards or, vice versa, if it wants to buy a board, find the
> motherboards mixed to notebooks.

Filtering by subtype can solve this, unless the user wants "a notebook
or netbook but not motherboard" (tablets would already introduce this
issue).  This can be solved by filtering to devices having one of
several chosen subtypes (it would need UI changes).

> From this point of view separating notebooks from motherboards should
> be better. Either solutions are easy to implement, but perhaps the
> latter (separate boards and notebooks) should be more clear from the
> user side.

I don't know how users would search for motherboards, this might make
one solution more preferable.

There are ARM devices usable both as complete computers and parts (while
Rhombus Tech CPU cards will be also user-replaceable), a more specific
categorization might be needed (e.g. "PC
motherboards"/"other"/"notebook"/"netbook"/"tablet").  This is not a
problem yet with no free distro supporting ARM.

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