Re: [Pcbsd-developer] Re: PCBSD-Developer digest, Vol 1 #36 - 2 msgs

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

Charles A. Landemaine wrote:
> On 4/26/06, pcb...@li...
> <pcb...@li...> wrote:
>> I looked at www.pbidir.com today and realized that it is not user
>> friendly. My humble suggestions:
>>
>> 1. List on front page not program names with version numbers but just
>> themes like: Web, Utilities, Office... with short description, what you
>> can find here.
>
> I think listing software on the 1st page save one click for common
> applications, for instance Opera is listed on the 1st page, so I just
> have to click twice to get it :)
>
First page is crowded right now and it is difficult to find something in 
this mess.
And "userfriendly"  means  that  if you can find something even without 
searching by just following the path.
For example: I want to try out different browser> I click on front page 
"Internet" link/icon> Found link to "Browsers"> Then I see browsers 
sorted by rating/alphabet whatever> click on Opera> I see different 
versions of Opera, like FreeBSD native PBI, Linux version with Flash and 
maybe older versions(not everyone have 64bit processors with gigs of ram 
and older programs is less hungry for computation power, maybe I don't 
like new version and I want to compare new functions with older 
version... )> I download package I want and I am happy now ;)
>> 2. In themes like Web, Utilities, Office.. etc. you can see program
>> names with short description and last version number. If someone want to
>> try out older version they can download it from list below.
>
> Should we keep older versions?
>
Yes we should, if there is no serious vulnerabilities. New version does 
not mean that it is better quality automagically.
>> 3. Most popular software mean not mostly downloaded for all time but
>> mostly downloaded per week or month.
>
> Good idea.
Maybe there should be options for sorting/statistics.
>> 5. If someone visits pbidir.com he have no information what it is all
>> about. More information please. How it is related to PC-BSD and why it
>> so good to be true and so on...
>
> Yes, a short explanation could help new visitors. Let's see what I can
> come up with...
>
Some words about pbidir forum. Is it vise to have separate forum for pbi?
> Thanks for the suggestions, I'll see how I can improve all of the 
> above ;)
Any time.