[haiku-development] Re: RFC: Packages and the Deskbar menu
- From: "Humdinger" <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 09:44:02 +0200
Hi Ingo!
On Mon, 20 May 2013 22:28:08 +0200 Ingo Weinhold wrote:
> One
> of the things I considered adding are information regarding the
> Deskbar
> menu items the package would like to add. When installing a package
> the
> package manager would then ask the user whether they should actually
> be
> created.
Whether or not those categories are added to the Deskbar, I'd say to
include them in the package format anyway and make it mandatory to
choose one when the dev creates the package. That will prevent a mix of
packages with/without that info in the future.
> However, talking to Stippi, he convinced that a simpler, automated
> approach makes a lot more sense.
How about a checkbox "Add shortcut to Deskbar" in the "installer/pm-
manager/app-shop" application we'll have? In the window you see before
actually installing an app, so you can quickly decide on an app-by-app
basis.
If packages are installed not using this "installer/pm-manager/app-
shop" application, a little alert to add or don't add that Deskbar
shortcut shouldn't be that annoying IMO.
The sorting in those defined categories is one thing that has been
requested a lot in the past. Not everyone would like that, so it should
be an option in the Deskbar preferences. Apps installed outside of the
pm-system that don't supply that info (is it an attribute?), find
themselves under "Un-categorized" in the Deskbar. Users of those apps
should contact its developer, if a Tracker add-on to set/change the
category of an app isn't possible.
Regards,
Humdinger
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