Comments on: Package search and others

By: Grósz Dániel

Grósz Dániel — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:17:40 +0000

In this new interface, what is the difference between Patterns and Package groups? The groups view was exactly for those who wanted to see packages in the tree while those who wanted to use a simpler interface, used the patterns, didn't they?

Even if one can search in the groups field, the tree view is much easier to review, and we do not necessarily know the exact name of the group to search for. I like to browse through all the groups before installation selecting all the apps I might want to use - I can't do this I cant see all the available categories or if there are hundreds of packages in each category.

By: duncan

duncan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:56:08 +0000

Well, the zzzAll group is still there in the group list, just above “Recommended Packages”, so it stays the same, only with a normal name (zzz?). You can see it in the screenshot.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:40:21 +0000

I used to use the zzzAll group, also. Recently, I noticed under the Packages drop down menu, All Packages -> Update if newer version available.

Unless I am missing something, this seems to produce the same results as using the zzzAll group. It is faster to select, too.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:17:19 +0000

Excellent. Thank you. The mess that the old tree-view had become has bothered me for long time. What kind of user would start looking for his spreadsheet software under ‘productiviy’?