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[Charl Wentzel <charl.wentzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nice Jay.  I like the "modern" look.  Unfortunately the detail on the
last image is a bit small to see what you are trying to do... but it
looks nice.  Could you enlarge it a bit?

I'll think about it as well and make a suggestion as well, but it won't
look as nice as yours!

Charl

On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 20:10 +0300, Jay I. wrote:

> had some fun in inkscape:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/jay.27182818/Devbuntu#5355764339305453682
> 
> jay
> 
> On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 15:26 +0200, Charl Wentzel wrote:
> > Hi Guys
> > 
> > I did not want to put this in CLI thread as it is more appropriate in a
> > separate thread...
> > 
> > GUI design:
> > The system functionality proposed in the CLI thread could be easily
> > catered for in a gui design.  You could have three windows in your main
> > screen:
> > 
> > a. Requirements window
> > This is where you select from the options for each requirement
> > 
> > b. Category tree
> > A tree view with branches for sub categories
> > 
> > c. Category items
> > A list of options available for the current selected category in the
> > category tree
> > 
> > If you change an option in the requirements window it automatically
> > updates the available category items
> > 
> > As you move through the category tree it will update the category items
> > window with the relavant choices with a tick next to those that you have
> > selected (or the default choices).  You could even choose that it shows
> > you all the options available for the category or just the ones you've
> > selected to install.  Much like Synaptic, except that Synaptic has much
> > fewer categories, no sub-categories and no requirements.
> > 
> > So we're really adding a whole bunch of filters to make it easier to
> > find what your are looking for.
> > 
> > I like this approach because you work in only one window and can see
> > everything in once glance but also dig deaper (into the tree) if you
> > want to.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> > 
> > Charl
> > 
> > 
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