On Saturday 24 November 2007 07:04:46 pm Bryen wrote:
On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 17:59 -0600, Billie Walsh wrote:
What the heck is so confusing about "Software" in the left panel and "Software Management", "Online Update", etc in the right. OR, "Hardware" in left panel and "TV Card", Mouse", Keyboard", etc in the right.
When you open a module in YaST you get hints in the left panel to what needs to be put in the right panel. IMHO, these could use a little touching up but they are there.
It appears to me that just about everything in YaST is pretty much self explanatory.
Okay... so, as an example, in Yast > Network Services > NIS Server. How does that become self-explanatory to someone who has never heard of NIS before?
This is the case where should be applied: "Don't touch what you don't understand." Though, you know kids, they never listen this particular advice.
Even further... Click on Help in the NIS Server module and the following message comes up:
"Select whether to configure the NIS server as a master or a slave or not to configure a NIS server."
For this is applicable sentence from kernel help that is repeated often for exotic options: "If you don't know what this means, you don't need it." This is accompanied with URL where you can pick up more information what particular option means and decide whether you need it or not.
Again, how is this self-explanatory?
It is not, and it should be pulled out of sight of normal home based desktop users. Those who need it should be able to find where it is hidden. For instance "Advanced Network Services" with tooltip help "Configuration of services that are seldom, if at all, used in home network."
That's the point some of us are trying to make. There should be at least a brief explanation to the purpose of a module's services.
That is one of reasons to start thread "Redesign of YaST Control Center", to pick up ideas how to organize existing stuff, where to put extra explanations, where to put modules. There will be no web interface, inclusion of new external services, as some others mentioned, at least not right now. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org