Package manager suggestion
Package manager suggestion
The package manager is excellent, but it strikes me that a useful feature is non-obvious and could maybe be improved.
The piece I'm talking about is the info column. When I look at its light bulb icon it has no meaning to me, and I feel it could be easily overlooked by a newbie.
Here's my suggestion. Change the text at the top of the page from "info" to "information." This opens up more space in the column below. The icon could then be made longer, thus allowing it to be something like text in a box which says info / details or something like. The link would now be obvious.
The package info which is opened by the link could be made more useful by adding a link to the bold text which points to the homepage of the package. The homepage would open in the default browser. This eliminates the need for Googling to find out full details about packages.
If you feel this is an OK idea and you need someone to dig out the URLs I'll give it my best shot.
The piece I'm talking about is the info column. When I look at its light bulb icon it has no meaning to me, and I feel it could be easily overlooked by a newbie.
Here's my suggestion. Change the text at the top of the page from "info" to "information." This opens up more space in the column below. The icon could then be made longer, thus allowing it to be something like text in a box which says info / details or something like. The link would now be obvious.
The package info which is opened by the link could be made more useful by adding a link to the bold text which points to the homepage of the package. The homepage would open in the default browser. This eliminates the need for Googling to find out full details about packages.
If you feel this is an OK idea and you need someone to dig out the URLs I'll give it my best shot.
Re: Package manager suggestion
I get what you're saying about the lightbulb icon being rather non-obvious. Took me some time to even realise it was a light bulb and what it was intended to do.colin_b wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:28 pm The package manager is excellent, but it strikes me that a useful feature is non-obvious and could maybe be improved.
The piece I'm talking about is the info column. When I look at its light bulb icon it has no meaning to me, and I feel it could be easily overlooked by a newbie.....
Perhaps it might help to change the icon? E.g. a "small letter i within a blue circle" icon ?
These are just my own personal thoughts by the way.
I have no views on the rest of your post.
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Re: Package manager suggestion
At the end of the day all I am seeking to do is hopefully enhance MX Linux.
It is an excellent distro, and I would like to see on the top of the pile of distros because it deserves to be there.
If things are clear to newbies then this might happen, and I would be delighted.
Re: Package manager suggestion
Have you noticed that the light bulb icons in the Popular Apps section have been changed to the "i within a circle" icon?
Thanks, Adrian!
Thanks, Adrian!
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Re: Package manager suggestion
That's a great change, Adrian!
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Re: Package manager suggestion
It depends on your icon theme I guess. I think the MX tools are using QT5 which is good at adopting the GTK icon theme. QT4 wasn't very good at that. GTK3 also uses too many hard-coded icons, I'm happy MX tools use QT5. It mimics the look of GTK2 better than any other toolkit.
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Re: Package manager suggestion
yes it has.
here are screenshots with the default theme, and with the obsidian theme use.
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FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
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Re: Package manager suggestion
Lightbulbs here too. Both - NZ and UT repos. But no hurry.
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Re: Package manager suggestion
@Gordon Cooper,
This was done yonks ago, so if you haven't seen it by now, you must be using an icon theme that completely does not have the "i" information icon.
This was done yonks ago, so if you haven't seen it by now, you must be using an icon theme that completely does not have the "i" information icon.
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