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On 04/23/2017 08:07 AM, Luke Jones wrote:
I'd like to try and crystallize some of what has been discussed so far;
"Help Me Decide" - As a button title this sounds great. Would we go with this as a single button, or would we rather have a list of desktops with check-marks, and a [Details] button next to each? "Help Me Decide" has a nice sound to it, and could potentially lead to less work?
If we went with one button, then this would be bringing up a window with a list of the Desktops (the same list as what is presented as choice), perhaps with a lets say, banner-style image next to the entry which shows a small section of the desktop - perhaps enough to highlight the look and feel?
Upon click through of an entry, the user would then be presented with a new window view which could be laid out as list on the left - separator - view on the right. The list would contain entries for the default installed items for the following tasks; - Desktop - Web Browser - Email Client - Office Suite - Music Player - Video Player - Text Editor - anything else regarded as common? IDE?> The title would be clickable, and show a view on the right with a description, and concise list of highlights/features along with any relevant sectional screen-snips/shots, next to the title could also be [screenshot] to show a full detail screenshot.
I'm not so sure about whether we need to list all of these or just have a screenshot showing some, for example, all desktops currently default to the same Browser (Firefox) and Office Suite (Libre Office), but some of the others have merit, but screenshots would be mandatory, outside maybe vlc, the names of all the others are probably as meaningless to a new user as KDE and Gnome are. Something worth considering as well is the default terminal as those do vary greatly between desktops. I don't think you need to worry about IDE, most developers will find and use the one there comfortable and use it regardless of which desktop they use.
The aim here would be to keep it all neutral, concise, to the point. Present the information clearly and cleanly without hand holding.
For example (my experience is limited to Gnome these days, so that is the example I will use);
Gnome: Simple and clean aesthetic, works well with touchscreens. Integrates well with many online/cloud services. [Desktop Screen]
Gnome-Documents: [Example Screen] Aims to be a central organizational point for your documents for quick and easy search and viewing. Features: - Night Mode, for switching to a dark GUI theme and inverting document colours [Comparison Screen] - Presentation Mode, hides gui elements and switches to full screen - View Google Docs
With regards to online/on-disk use of this feature, perhaps /both/ would be the ideal solution particularly in light of translations. We could check for the presence of a net connection and d/l the translations as required - until those are available on-disk.
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