DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: Making DSL a little easier

Mentioning my problem with the windows/MyDSL..it seems that this problem I have of the MyDSL window 'corrupting' is not happening in the window manager 'JVM' ...so I have stopped using Fluxbox for now...I do prefer JVM...........don't know why

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I find when I open MyDSL and install programs I find I get the info window opening of the software, the 'download to' window window and the actual download manager window all 3 of them. Then if I am installing a big program and I want to install something else I get another 3 windows again (am I making it clear? lol) and I end up having to close down an awful lot of windows after installing 2 or 3 programs. I do find that the MyDSL window sometimes 'blanks' or 'corrupts'...perhaps that's down to my PC /graphics card

While I could see having a single application for installing multiple packages would probably be a more pleasing user experience, I assume the mydsl system was written with small size and simplicity of code as high priorities. It's a very linear result...one application connects to a mydsl server, one application displays a mydsl file's info, one application downloads and installs a mydsl file. Each application can be used independently for its designed task.

The blanking of the mydsl app could happen when there is a problem connecting to the server, but i couldn't say if that is the case with you.

I see the blanking of the windows when they are not the "newest" top-most window. Once you got back it should be refreshed. No idea why it only does it in fluxbox only as you indicated... but if you like JVM more that's fine (I personally use the terminal to load them).

p.s. then I suppose it's only different for flash on ubuntu if you're using AMD64, since it's only available in 32-bit.

Most of the mydsl download GUIs are fronts to command line versions/entry points. If I only had to support GUI and not command line programs I could, of course, combine them. However, command line versions are very useful for batch processing and other automated tasks.

Typically upon a sucessful download the windows close, returning to the browser/list view of the selected extension library.

If many simultaenous downloads are started then many instances of these windows appear.

I am always looking to make DSL easier to use.
Currently, there is no interaction between xtdesk and emelfm.
They are separate programs and as such do not give the feel many users have come to expect.

The Rox-Filer and use of its pinboard option does, however, Rox is much larger than the xtdesk/emelfm. Rox pinboard does not play nice with the current fluxbox window manager.

Having a size limit of 50MB does present challenges.

I am looking at other alternatives to try to achieve this effect.

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