I've seen other threads mention improving the APM and the admin
interface. Here's one specific example While one-click may be
unrealistic, perhaps the click count could still come down a bit.
One-click install. Most of the time I install a package, i
want to see what it does. But what I actually have to do is
- find the package (on Ars Digita, use cut-paste to download; with
OpenACS, find it in file-storage or from CVS),
- load the package,
- install the package (if it's part of the CVS distribution,
wait a very long time for /apm/packages-install to load, and then
choose 'unclick all' and wait again for it to reload (just submitted a
patch for that))
- check two boxes,
- wait,
- manually follow the scrolling page,
- restart the APM,
- wait,
- navigate over (or usually retype the url) to the site map,
- create a new sub-folder (and come up with a name),
- find the sub-folder I just created, and create a new application
(remembering not to mount, which is different) (and come up with
another name),
- click on the folder I just created
- where frequently I end up on a page that doesn't have any
instructions or links to help
So the dream feature is:
- Browse to a repository on openacs.org
- Select a new module from a list and click to download
- Get a prompt: "Perform a fast install, which will put the module
on your site available at /foo, or Advanced Install, where you
can manually mount the module on your site map?"
- While it would be nice if this worked in multi-subsite, etc, etc
environments, it would still hit much of the target audience (people
who want to try out OpenACS) if it didn't.
