Mandriva Application Manager - MAM

This is a screencast showing basic look & feel for the new Mandriva Application Manager. It has been actively developed and is part of Mandriva 2011's new tools.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mandriva
• 2011
• mam
• application manager
• package manager

[YukiSatoshisan]

Oh, God, this is great. I do have two criticisms, though:

1. The whole blue thing... I hope that's not permanent and that it follows the theme the user uses.

2. I think all "extra" packages should be abstracted away, like firefox-en_GB. One "Firefox" and some different way of installing the extra stuff would be better. Also, prettier names (Capitalized first letters are a must) and descriptions would improve it a lot.

[pb2mdv]

Hi YukiSatoshisan, thank you very much for you comment! About your points:

1. UI design is something we really care about and your feedback is very important to us. We hope to achieve a design the users enjoy.

2. We do agree with you and, in fact, our design aims to simplify interaction and display to the user what matters to him.

[eumegaf]

Thanks fantastic! pretty good usefulness. You just have to work a little bit more on the look, because the feel is just perfect.

[pb2mdv]

Hi @eumegaf, thanks for your comment. Any suggestion you may have about visual or features you wish to have will be appreciated.

[Nextwave1980]

@eumegaf - Looks great..Only thing I would like to see added (if possible) is a screenshot section.. maybe 256x256 of the program, or even its logo type of thing.. I would love to give this a test on my machine. If you get an RPM built for this let us know.. I'd love to test it out!

[pb2mdv]

Hi @Nextwave1980, surely this feature will be present and much more is to come. Of course we are counting with the community to improve ideas and to help us getting the resources like screenshots, icons, and so on. At the right moment we will present all the necessary information. Thanks!

[YukiSatoshisan]

@pb2mdv That's great to know. Please do release more previews as things start getting into shape.

[dexter1100]

@pb2mdv How about a list view instead of \besides the icon view?

[eumegaf]

@Nextwave1980 That would be good, yes.

[eugenidodonov]

@nextwave1980 it is not on beta1 yet, but it should be available in next one together with some other new stuff.

[Nextwave1980]

@Nextwave1980 - I've installed 2011 beta 1.1 i586, and I do not see this application.