ianseeks wrote:
I would prefer that items not installed have greyed-out icons rather than just removing them. That would let any knowledgeable administrator know that the item is available and can be installed.
I was thinking of a set up for new users. Greyed out icons would be more confusing and as cluttered as it is now. An icon should only appear to show something that is there. A knowledgable user would know whether or not he/she had, for example, NIS installed and if they didn't have it installed they would know that they would have to install it.
NIS is a poor example, because it is long-established (20 years old) software.
An icon that just plain old doesn't even appear doesn't help an admin that some NEW software (say, yet another virtualization, or something else that we don't even have today. Basically, the greyed-out icon is a way advertising new features, without making everyone read a big book which is 98% identical to the previous book. Further, one could have an option to filter out the grey icons. And they
Aaron Kulkis wrote: probably wouldn't be displayed in "beginner" mode, should such a thing come to exist. Russell Jones -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org