Re: [Synaptic-devel] Feedback

[Gary Greene]

On Saturday 21 October 2006 05:24 pm, ray hammond wrote:
> I am a first time user of synaptic (v0.55).  My experience of using the
> package is through the PC Linux OS.
>
> I have collated my comments/suggestions regarding my experience.
>
> 1)  It would be nice to have the package name column added to the
> "Downloading package file" list.  This is already included in the URI
> column, however the package name is always outside the dispay area - to
> view the package name I have to scroll vertically.  If a package name
> column was added after the size column, I feel it would be a more intuative
> to use.
>
> 2) The "Downloading package file" dialog resizes as the time estimate
> expands and retracts.  In my opinion this is a little messy
>
> 3) The "Downloading package file" dialog title is the same as the first
> header i.e. the words "Downloading package file" are duplicated.  In my
> opinion the second occurence is superfluos.
>
> 4) The "Downloading package file" dialog would benifit from a download size
> counter i.e. Downloaded 12.2MB of 120MB (This is for the entire update as
> opposed to the indiviual files).
>
> 5) Within the "Downloading package file" a minimize to the system tray
> would benifit, with the icon spinning to indicate the progress, gree tick
> on complete.
>
> 6) While the "Downloading package file" dialog is open, I am unable to
> Alt+tab back to the window (This could be a KDE issue?).
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Ray

Far as I know, the inability to tab to and from the window while installing is 
not a KDE issue, but rather the fact that the downloading and installing 
windows are incorrectly marked with the same window ID as the main 
application and aren't properly handled as Model windows.

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Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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