<div dir="ltr">Hi Matthew, thanks for your reply.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mpt@canonical.com">mpt@canonical.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div>Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi wrote on 04/08/10 17:45:<br>
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> Sorry for the tiny images. Here they are:<br>
> * update-manager "Repositories" tab: <a href="http://imgur.com/zXZyH.png" target="_blank">http://imgur.com/zXZyH.png</a><br>
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</div>I think most people, looking at this interface for the first time, would<br>
ask: "What does it mean by 'distribution'?"<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>True. We could replace it by "Ubuntu updates" (or "Debian updates" if we're running under Debian) </div>
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It also seems messy to have the same operation (selecting/deselecting)<br>
on very similar items (Ubuntu archives, and other archives) handled at<br>
separate levels (outside a listbox vs. inside).</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The only reason I did this is because we don't know the exact number of other archives (usually, we should see 4 items for Ubuntu archives, the ones I put in the mockup). </div>
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> * update-manager "Automatic updates" tab: <a href="http://imgur.com/d59C4.png" target="_blank">http://imgur.com/d59C4.png</a><br>
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</div>What is the reason for distinguishing "distribution updates" from "other<br>
updates"?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Because of the same reason I distinguished distribution repositories from other repositories. For me, it's just a way to provide the user with more means of configuration. No problem with me if you decide to simply remove it.</div>
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> * software-center "Provided by Ubuntu" pane: <a href="http://imgur.com/c3EZr.png" target="_blank">http://imgur.com/c3EZr.png</a><br>
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</div>Are you suggesting that those checkboxes would be shown all the time?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not at all, just that I haven't found some kind of expander in Balsamiq Mockups :-)</div><div>We could use a toggle button or an expander to optionally show this screen.</div>
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(Also, "Provided by Ubuntu" and "Commercial software" are mutually<br>
exclusive.)</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yeah, I guess so. Just ignore this.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">
> * software-center PPA/authenticated source pane: <a href="http://imgur.com/kqugQ.png" target="_blank">http://imgur.com/kqugQ.png</a><br>
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</div>I don't understand what this is showing. Perhaps you could fill in a few<br>
more of the details or a bit more of the context?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It just shows that the PPA is an authenticed source. But you are right, this is outside of the context :-) Just ignore this mockup.</div>
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<div class="im">> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <<a href="mailto:mpt@canonical.com">mpt@canonical.com</a><br>
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<div class="im">>> Splitting it into two is an intriguing idea. It looks like the main<br>
>> awkward point would be the download server setting -- that's the thing<br>
>> that's most obviously shared between installations and updates.<br>
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I notice that none of your wireframes show where the download server<br>
setting would go. :-)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We could just put a "Select Server" button in the "Provided by Ubuntu" screen. When clicked, the usual download mirror dialog shows up.</div><div>
<br></div><div>I was thinking of doing mockups for adding and editing sources in software-center, but since browsing PPAs is a planned feature of software-center, I abstained from this :-)</div><div>Like I said, please share your thoughts. Those mockups were quickly done using Balsamiq Mockups, and I'm not an UI designer, so obviously this may be horrible interfaces :p</div>
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