Hello Genode developers,
First of all, I have to say, Sculpt OS (and Genode framework in general) are one of the most interesting projects that I am extremely excited for their future.
I ran into this issue, when you add a sufficient number of modules to a running sculpt instance, the main menu stretches outside the screen and without a way to scroll down, the only way to get them back is to remove some components. I was wondering if you are thinking of a better UI?
Also, as 'depot' are frequently accessed and needed in a daily OS, would you think it'd be a good idea to bring organize 'depot' in a more accessible spot? Right now, you have to click many times.
Thanks, Reza
Hi Reza, I am a Sculpt user too!
I found your same problem,I've already discussed here[1], and here[2] some months ago,
Also, as 'depot' are frequently accessed and needed in a daily OS, would
you think it'd be a good idea to organize 'depot' in a more accessible spot? Right now, you have to click many times. Do you intend the mode for installing any package or the location of the "depot" button? * If the problem is the first, I think that it is one strength point, in fact note that one of the main ideas of Sculpt os consists of Leaving the maximum freedom for the user, leaving him configuring every part of his wanted software package without any limitation. * If the problem is in the second point, yes, you have to click some buttons for using your depot utility, maybe in the future a faster shell command should be available ( Like Ubuntu's APT tool).
Regards and have fun with Genode! Edoardo Mantovani, 2021
[1] https://lists.genode.org/pipermail/users/2021-February/007517.html [2] https://lists.genode.org/pipermail/users/2021-February/007521.html
Il giorno gio 8 apr 2021 alle ore 17:13 reza.fathzadeh--- via users < users@lists.genode.org> ha scritto:
Hello Genode developers,
First of all, I have to say, Sculpt OS (and Genode framework in general) are one of the most interesting projects that I am extremely excited for their future.
I ran into this issue, when you add a sufficient number of modules to a running sculpt instance, the main menu stretches outside the screen and without a way to scroll down, the only way to get them back is to remove some components. I was wondering if you are thinking of a better UI?
Also, as 'depot' are frequently accessed and needed in a daily OS, would you think it'd be a good idea to bring organize 'depot' in a more accessible spot? Right now, you have to click many times.
Thanks, Reza
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Hello Reza,
welcome to the mailing list and thank you for the compliments!
I was wondering if you are thinking of a better UI?
The UI will gradually improve. Actually, the thinking is already done. :-) There are many ideas such as making the graph scrollable, on-screen help, keyboard control, saving launchers with a button, interactive routing-policy changes, interactive RAM assignment... The list goes on.
However, we won't rush the implementation. Right now, we are focused on other areas: Performance, Sculpt OS on lower-end hardware, resilience, consistency. I think it is important to balance these topics well against the development of user-visible features. Whereas added features give better stories, the non-functional aspects are equally (or even more?) important for the actual use of the system.
Also, as 'depot' are frequently accessed and needed in a daily OS, would you think it'd be a good idea to bring organize 'depot' in a more accessible spot? Right now, you have to click many times.
Sculpt's leitzentrale is not meant as an alternative to time-tested paradigms of a desktop UI (panel, menus, notifications etc.). It'd be far too opinionated for that.
I envision that Sculpt will eventually be complimented by a ready-to-use "Desktop" package that provides all the niceties expected by end users. So Sculpt's leitzentrale would only be used to install the desktop initially but will go out the way afterwards.
That said, right now, no such desktop package exists yet. We still have a long way ahead of us.
Cheers Norman
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