On Wednesday 24 January 2007 07:10, Ferenc Szekely wrote: > On 1/24/07, Jonathan Matthews-Levine <matthewslevine at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 1/24/07, Ferenc Szekely <ferenc at maemo.org> wrote: <***********snip for brevity**********> > > > * Installation without install file > > o Tidy this section up. Use more whitespace. Perhaps make a > > screenshot trail. It will probably be one of the most frequently used > > sections by consumers and, as such, *very* obvious/clear/pretty > > instructions will really help this audience to get the most out of > > their device. > > I agree. Although it is difficult to write a generic "how-to" for > these applications. As you probably know many apps can be installed by > a single deb file, but a lot of them need other packages to be > installed first. Even these dependencies may have further dependencies > sometimes.. So it is a real nightmare from user point of view. > The screenshot tail is a good idea. I wonder if there is and applet > already for N800 to take screenshots :) This is why IMHO taking advantage of debian and apt-get would help. debs, when built correctly, can and do manage dependencies for you. There is no reason on a modern Linux OS to go nuts over dependencies. James
