November 2007 - openSUSE UX - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Redesign of YaST Control Center
by Thomas Goettlicher 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hi everyone, we want to redesign the YaST Control Center. Therefore we are looking for a radical new design. This is your chance to share your ideas regarding YaST Control Center. Please feel free to contribute with mockups and (unconventional) ideas here: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Development/New_Control_Center Thanks, Thomas --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ux+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ux+help(a)opensuse.org

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Printer status: stopped. This is murder.
by Silviu Marin-Caea 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

This is a copy & paste of a message I wrote to the CUPS bugs forum. It concerns usability. http://www.cups.org:80/newsgroups.php?gcups.bugs+v:6146 ==== This is a case where a small bad design decision destroys all the good that CUPS does. The situation couldn't be more ordinary: a USB printer (HP F4180). If this printer is turned off when the computer is on, it will enter the stopped/paused state and remain so forever. To the average user this means exactly: LINUX PRINTING DOES NOT WORK. It's as simple and clear as that. To get it to print again, the user should give the cupsenable command or use the web interface. Do you expect mom and pop to know about "cupsenable" and "http://localhost:631"? Really. Guys, you brought linux printing forward from the middle ages. Don't leave it in the 1980s, please, we need it in the present. Whatever might be the reason cups doesn't retry printing, is it worth sacrificing usability so brutally? openSUSE 10.3, cups-1.2.12 Thank you -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ux+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ux+help(a)opensuse.org

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new UI in yast2-printer
by Michal Zugec 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Hi people, I'd like to announce improved (I hope ;-)) UI in yast2-printer module. You probably know old interface. Many options was accessible via several clicks and for new users some of them wasn't easy to understand. I wrote some screenshots here: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Printer and now is mostly implemented in yast2-printer version >= 2.16.4 So this mail is a "call for testing", but also your comments or other kind of feedback is important for me. When you check rpm from factory does it work for you with all functionality? Do you like this UI or would you like to change something? Bye, Michal -- Best Regards, Michal Zugec Software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SuSE CR, s.r.o. e-mail: mzugec(a)suse.cz Lihovarska 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 960 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 296 542 374 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ux+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ux+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-ux] new UI in yast2-printer
by kevindupuy＠bellsouth.net 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Exactly. I think you hit the nail on the head there. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Johannes Meixner <jsmeix(a)suse.de> > > > Hello, > > On Nov 15 10:58 Martin Schmidkunz wrote (shortened): > > ... if you are doing > > something that doesn't meet the user's expectations you have to explain > > that to him ... > > Exactly! > > This is what I like to get all the time. > I think a YaST setup module should be better than just show > choices to the user but leave him (mostly) alone what to choose. > > I think a YaST setup module should establish some kind of > communication or dialog with the user to find out what he wants > and then guide him to a reasonably good possible setup > (in particular when what he wants is not exactly possible) > or be brave and tell him frankly when what he wants is > impossible (e.g. configure an unsupported printer). > > > > And we should really, really focus on bringing the printing model to the > > user. That means of course that it is not enough to hide the explanation > > in the help text :-) > > YES! > > I think this is our key problem: > How to display the basics of the real printing model to the user > so that he gets a basic understanding what the heck this weird > and confusing printing config stuff is all about. > > > I think Rajko's understanding is perfectly sufficient: > A queue is a software black box that does whatever is necessary > to give appropriate printout and sends it to the printer. > > The exact right point in his understanding is "queue is software". > > I assume when he does "lpstat/lpq" or whatever graphical stuff > to query the printing system, then his understanding helps him > to be aware that he gets only the state of a piece of software > and not necessarily the state of a piece of hardware (the printer). > > > Kind Regards > Johannes Meixner > -- > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany > AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ux+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ux+help(a)opensuse.org > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ux+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ux+help(a)opensuse.org

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Video of Mac OS X upgrade (Tiger -> Leopard)
by Joerg Kress 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, a video with an upgrade of Mac OS is now online at: http://public.littlecornerofthe.net/research/leo-upgrade.mpg.ogg It's edited for length, without those lengthy "doing something and updating the progress bar"-moments. The locale is German, sorry ;-) Other specs: We recorded only every 2nd frame as such the "realtime" parts are actually twice as fast in the video. I will do a writeup of things that are interesting to note. Any recommendations where to put those notes and a link to the video in the wiki? btw: it's not that exciting, seems like Apple thought the upgrade process is not worth the bling. Cheers, Josh -- Joerg Kress <jkress(a)suse.de> SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ux+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ux+help(a)opensuse.org

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