[gobolinux-users] Web based recipe browser

[Jonas Karlsson]

2007/3/1, mpb <mpb.mail at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I've written a web based recipe browser.  The initial version is done.
>
> My browser is different from the GoboLinux.org recipe search tool in
> the following ways:
>
> * Uppercase letters in queries do not cause 'Invalid characters in
> search' errors
> * Sort by name or by date
> * Consistent link appearance - underline *only* on hover
> * Recipe age in days instead of long timestamps
> * Ability to view files inside recipes with a single click
> * Dependency cross linking
> * ALT+S accesskey
>
> You can see my browser here:
>
> http://gobo.dreamhosters.com/recipes/
>
> I had a cron job rsyncing the recipes every hour, but I've disabled
> that temporarily, as it caused page-loads to slow way down.  Also,
> Dreamhost is currently having file server problems, which may have
> compounded the slowdown problem.  I'll re-enable the rsync cron job
> once I've fixed the slowdown issue.
>
> Suggestions welcome.
>
I like the idea and the functionallity you've implemented. Good job.
However I've a hard time gettings an overview of what recipes exist
when I first get to the page. I think that default sort order should
be by name, as it's that one is primary interested of  when one get to
the page. Sorting by age is only interesting when one filter, imo.
Also it's hard to read when the text is that big and bold and spacing
is that smal, but that's only a small issue. Use more of of the screen
width.
If the bz2 link wa a download link it's broken. If it's not I think it
should be, and there should be a column header that says 'download' or
something.

-- 
/Jonas