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Difference between revisions of "Equinox p2 UM workflows"
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== Scenarios == | == Scenarios == | ||
| − | === Check for updates === | + | === Scenario 1: Check for updates === |
*Help > | *Help > | ||
*Software Updates > | *Software Updates > | ||
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** Change Location | ** Change Location | ||
| − | === What can I get? === | + | === Scenario 2: What add-ons can I get? === |
| − | === | + | |
| − | === What do I have? === | + | === Scenario 3: Found something cool on the web === |
| − | === Automatic Updating === | + | === Scenario 4: What do I have? === |
| − | === What's wrong? === | + | === Scenario 5: Automatic Updating === |
| − | === | + | === Scenario 6: What's wrong with my configuration? === |
| + | === Scenario 7: What sites am I using === | ||
== Problems == | == Problems == | ||
* Artificial separation of searching ("what can I get") vs. managing ("what do I have") due to performance characteristics of update sites (long download times). | * Artificial separation of searching ("what can I get") vs. managing ("what do I have") due to performance characteristics of update sites (long download times). | ||
| − | * High click count to find new content or add new content found on web | + | * High click count to update content, find new content or add new content found on web |
* Repo management part of basic workflows | * Repo management part of basic workflows | ||
* No way to find something by name | * No way to find something by name | ||
Revision as of 14:24, 19 June 2008
This page captures user scenarios in the Eclipse Update Manager and discusses issues or problems that were to be solved by the next provisioning UI (Equinox p2 User Interface).
Contents
- 1 Scenarios
- 2 Problems
Scenarios
Scenario 1: Check for updates
- Help >
- Software Updates >
- Find and Install...
- Search for updates of the currently installed features
- Finish
- select mirror
- OK
- expand site
- expand category
- check mark item(s)
- Next
- I accept...
- Next
- Finish
Click/Decision Count
- 14 clicks/decisions
- Can reduce to 12 by checking "Automatically Select Mirrors"
- Advanced concepts that must be ignored
- Change Location
Scenario 2: What add-ons can I get?
Scenario 3: Found something cool on the web
Scenario 4: What do I have?
Scenario 5: Automatic Updating
Scenario 6: What's wrong with my configuration?
Scenario 7: What sites am I using
Problems
- Artificial separation of searching ("what can I get") vs. managing ("what do I have") due to performance characteristics of update sites (long download times).
- High click count to update content, find new content or add new content found on web
- Repo management part of basic workflows
- No way to find something by name
- Presentation of detail that user didn't understand (error messages referencing software user didn't know about)
- No ability to retarget UI (dialog vs. preference page) - "All or Nothing" implementation