Re: Software map suggestion

[Tim Moore <tmoore tembel org>]

On 12 Aug 1998, David [ISO-8859-1] Kågedal wrote:

> I'm not sure where to direct this, so I'll send it to gnome-list and
> hope that the right person listens...
> 
> The software map at http://cvs.labs.redhat.com/applist/list.phtml uses
> "NEW" and "UPDATED" flags for showing which packages are "new" or
> "updated".  I have always found these simple flags pretty unusable,
> especially when I want to check back often to see what's changed.
> These flags only tell me that something happened in the last seven
> days, but it won't tell me what happened since I checked yesterday.
> 
> Wouldn't it be a very simple and useful thing to add a "last updated"
> string with the date instead?  The information is already there, but
> you have to click on each package link to see it.

What about a cookie-based customized "New" icon? That way, it would show
the new image if it was actually added since the last time you looked.

Tim Moore