Hi Łukasz, > Your design has a really nice BeOS/Haiku feel in it, since most > preferences applications were using this layout. But there are a few > things I don't like about this idea. > Package names are indeed quite compact, but not every one of them. > Imagine the situation when a package with a big name would be installed > on the system. Even with resize to fit the application would loose its > visual balance greatly, because it would have a wide listview followed > by a wide description view. The result is a wide window, with normal > height. This wouldn't look too good and a bit inconsistent. to be honest, I think your last mockup was just fine. It is insanely simple to change the layout later. This "problem" is given way too much talk. Removing a package does have some real problems attached, like for example, an application installed new versions of libs, but when I remove the package, I want my old system back. Someone else maybe doesn't. In any case, it is worth more consideration than wether to have horizontal or vertical layout. :-) Best regards, -Stephan