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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:35:42 +0200
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From: "Matthias Andree" <matthias DOT andree AT gmx DOT de>
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Am 09.04.2010, 07:31 Uhr, schrieb Christopher Faylor:

> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 04:07:32AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 09/04/2010 02:52, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>
>>> Hmm.  I wonder if a quick-n-dirty way to "fix" this is to add a
>>> right-click context menu to the spinner, so that you can directly  
>>> choose
>>> "Uninstall" without traversing the entire cycle.  Rinse and repeat on
>>> all the items you want to remove...
>>
>>  I am writing a patch to add a right-click context menu to the spinner  
>> :)
>> more news in the next couple of days.
>
> As long as you're doing that, how about just getting rid of the spinner
> entirely?  IMO, it's an unusual construct.  It would probably be better
> to have a pull-down box or something.

While we're at (m)uttering desires, I'd like to propose - which may be  
more work - keyboard usability. It'd really be nice if I could just hit  
[-] (uninstall), [+] (install or keep), and trigger reinstall (possibly  
with r or !). Let's not force users to even more rat-moving and  
rat-ear-stroking.


-- 
Matthias Andree

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