On Monday 24 August 2009 14:36:09 drago01 wrote: > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Toshio Kuratomi<a.badger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 08/23/2009 10:50 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > >> Aren't we pitching Fedora Community interface as the end user facing > >> thing, going forward? It seems some of these features will overlap or > >> duplicate it. > >> > > It's possible. The packagedb is going to be the backend for the Fedora > > Community Front end so it had to get written this summer so that work on > > the front-end can proceed. > > For the front-end to be end user suitable it should: > > * List applications rather than packages > * Group them > * Provide some kind of rating system to show "best rated" or "most downloaded" > * Use the application icon if it has one > * Make use of the packagekit browser plugin for installation > This was actually the goal of Amber project https://fedorahosted.org/amber/wiki/Definition. The project stalled for almost a year. Then I wanted to join and take over Amber development but we decided to better move the features into pkgdb and work together. I also like the original Amber mockups (I believe they were created by Mike Langlie). You can see them here http://mbacovsk.fedorapeople.org/Amber/mockups/. Any feedback is welcome. Martin -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
