Really big software installation dialog: Bug or Feature ?

R P Herrold herrold at owlriver.com
Tue Feb 5 20:48:59 UTC 2013


On Tue, 5 Feb 2013, Robert M. Albrecht wrote:

> I'm running rawhide on a system attached to a 27" display with 
> 2560x1440 pixels resolution.
> 
> Some application like the package manager or firstboot are 
> running within a maximized window which is really huge, 
> inconvenient and wastes a lot of screen space. The gui 
> elements are scattered and easy overlooked, as the Apply 
> changes button is literaly a mile away.

I consider such behaviour a usability bug and filed on 
anaconda:
 	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906431

Probably each application that needs to have sizing controls, 
needs to be filed separately

hth

-- Russ herrold


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