Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-17 Thread Shane Fagan
Hey, I cant see any problems detecting if the computer has 3D compatibility, the processor speed and ram since they are readily available but if you want to get into webcam detection and other external stuff it would require a little bit of work. The 3D compatibility, speed and ram are very useful

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-17 Thread Arian van Gend
Like I said, we should guide new user (or experienced users doing something new) to these options. However, I still feel that the situation you describe only means that the software centre (search) should be improved. If the list of results is so unclear, it should be improved, otherwise, it would

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-17 Thread Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar
Thanks for the feedback, I realized that thinking in suggesting applications (and maybe where to find tutorials) is a great thing for new users. So what is better solution to guide the user putting an icon on the top bar / Unity bar or popups ? And should clicking on it open the software center wi

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-17 Thread Bret Kuhns
(you forgot to reply to the list) I like this revision of your idea to integrate the suggestions into Software Center as well as improving the search results to make them more usable. This would certainly suit the purpose of suggesting software to the user and better guide the user into a long sta

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-16 Thread Bret Kuhns
> > Instead, I feel we should show new users how to use the software centre, > which does an more than adequate job in managing software for the user. Although a perfectly valid point, I think we'd be throwing new users to the wolves with this approach. Say my mom plugs in a webcam and it install

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-15 Thread Spike Burch
GNOME already does this for some hardware. I wonder if that could be extended for your suggestions? On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar wrote: > Hi, > > I have some thoughts about a possible feature that can be added to unity. > it's the ability to suggest applications to the

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-15 Thread Mark Curtis
gt; Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware > capabilities > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Arian van Gend wrote: > > I agree that it is a good idea to support new users in such cases, but most > ... > > The device should just work. Only n

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-15 Thread Walter Wittel
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Arian van Gend wrote: > I agree that it is a good idea to support new users in such cases, but most ... > The device should just work. Only notify the user of anything if something > goes wrong. When a user attaches a web-cam, it knows it did that, so there > is no

Re: [Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-15 Thread Arian van Gend
I agree that it is a good idea to support new users in such cases, but most people would get annoyed by these suggestions as they progress in their use of the system. Instead, I feel we should show new users how to use the software centre, which does an more than adequate job in managing software f

[Ayatana] Applications suggestion according to hardware capabilities

2010-11-15 Thread Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar
Hi, I have some thoughts about a possible feature that can be added to unity. it's the ability to suggest applications to the user for a specific hardware he has or when he connects it to the system. Scenarios: 1. A user connect a webcam : Suggest using cheese 2. A user connect a digitizer : Sugg