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Re: [opensuse-project] openSUSE Software Portal mockup
- From: Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 16:43:50 +0200
- Message-id: <463DE9A6.7000906@xxxxxxxxx>
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Alberto Passalacqua wrote:
> Il giorno dom, 06/05/2007 alle 11.44 +0200, Pascal Bleser ha scritto:
>> Pascal Bleser wrote:
>> [...]
>>> Ultimately, the only viable solution is probably a web interface where
>>> you can browse software packages by category, by tags, have a search
>>> function, where each item shows the website, screenshots, a more or less
>>> noob-safe description and a single-click option to add the containing
>>> repository (if needed) + install the package with its dependencies.
>> And this is the sort of thing I'm thinking about wrt that web interface
>> - -- spent some time hacking a mockup, just to give a (very) basic idea:
>>
>> http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/files/swportal/mockup/mockup.jpg
>
> I like it a lot! The idea of "click and install" is the way to go IMHO
> to solve many of the issues of additional packages.
>
> I don't know much about these things, but if I can help in some way, I'd
> be pleased.
Sure
- - poke people to create a team to develop the site
- - find a SVN repository to host the code
- - domain/database design
- - artwork, website colour palette
- - feature requirements, ideas for functionalities, usability thoughts
(what would end-users typically want to do)
- - comments ?
- - how could a rating system work ? separately for each version/release,
globally only on the level of the application entry, or both ?
etc...
Some ideas, in the wild:
- - link to forum threads and mailing-list threads about issues/solutions
with those applications (sort of a "knowledge base")
- - some sort of integration with Novell's bugzilla (although possibly
quite challenging from a technical point of view... iChain could be a
major blocker)
Of course, if such a website sees the day (which I doubt, given the low
involvement of developers from the community), it can only work if there
are enough people maintaining it (posting information about
applications, screenshots, links to forums/mailing-list, ...).
The only thing that would prevent this from becoming
yet-another-great-idea-that-dies is people joining the brainstorming and
the development of it.
So, if anyone has ideas, skills, time, shoot now or never whine again.
cheers
- --
-o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/
/\\ <pascal.bleser@xxxxxxxxx> <guru@xxxxxxxxxxx>
_\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane.
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Alberto Passalacqua wrote:
> Il giorno dom, 06/05/2007 alle 11.44 +0200, Pascal Bleser ha scritto:
>> Pascal Bleser wrote:
>> [...]
>>> Ultimately, the only viable solution is probably a web interface where
>>> you can browse software packages by category, by tags, have a search
>>> function, where each item shows the website, screenshots, a more or less
>>> noob-safe description and a single-click option to add the containing
>>> repository (if needed) + install the package with its dependencies.
>> And this is the sort of thing I'm thinking about wrt that web interface
>> - -- spent some time hacking a mockup, just to give a (very) basic idea:
>>
>> http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/files/swportal/mockup/mockup.jpg
>
> I like it a lot! The idea of "click and install" is the way to go IMHO
> to solve many of the issues of additional packages.
>
> I don't know much about these things, but if I can help in some way, I'd
> be pleased.
Sure
- - poke people to create a team to develop the site
- - find a SVN repository to host the code
- - domain/database design
- - artwork, website colour palette
- - feature requirements, ideas for functionalities, usability thoughts
(what would end-users typically want to do)
- - comments ?
- - how could a rating system work ? separately for each version/release,
globally only on the level of the application entry, or both ?
etc...
Some ideas, in the wild:
- - link to forum threads and mailing-list threads about issues/solutions
with those applications (sort of a "knowledge base")
- - some sort of integration with Novell's bugzilla (although possibly
quite challenging from a technical point of view... iChain could be a
major blocker)
Of course, if such a website sees the day (which I doubt, given the low
involvement of developers from the community), it can only work if there
are enough people maintaining it (posting information about
applications, screenshots, links to forums/mailing-list, ...).
The only thing that would prevent this from becoming
yet-another-great-idea-that-dies is people joining the brainstorming and
the development of it.
So, if anyone has ideas, skills, time, shoot now or never whine again.
cheers
- --
-o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/
/\\ <pascal.bleser@xxxxxxxxx> <guru@xxxxxxxxxxx>
_\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane.
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