Only one page of snaps on SnapWeb?

[Chris]

On Mon, 2016-12-19 at 16:13 +0000, Jamie Bennett wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> > 
> > On 19 Dec 2016, at 15:52, Chris <cpollock at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 2016-12-19 at 11:06 +0000, Jamie Bennett wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi Chris,
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 18 Dec 2016, at 14:31, Chris <cpollock at embarqmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I've asked this before but I'm still wondering why there is
> > > > only
> > > > one
> > > > page of snaps listed (A-E)? I can do a search for a snap such
> > > > as
> > > > 'PubIP' and it will come up but there is no way in SnapWeb to
> > > > go
> > > > forward from the first page.
> > > 
> > > This functionality is being worked on but the idea of SnapWeb is
> > > not
> > > to show you every single possible snap that can be installed
> > > (that
> > > would quickly get quiet unwieldily), instead we aim to surface
> > > the
> > > most prominent snaps. Think of it like a real bricks-and-mortar
> > > store; the snaps that are featured are right there in the store
> > > window for everyone to see, the most popular snaps per category
> > > are
> > > in their own sections, and the stuff that you knew up front you
> > > wanted but can’t find being displayed can always be retrieved
> > > from
> > > the warehouse. So mapping that to what we have in the SnapWeb
> > > edge
> > > channel today, the front store page should be [1] the featured
> > > snaps,
> > > at the top you can select categories like database, media,
> > > messaging
> > > [2] for the most popular snaps in that category, and if you know
> > > what
> > > you want you can use the search bar.
> > > 
> > > SnapWeb is being actively worked on so you will see lots of
> > > changes
> > > regularly. If you want to see the latest please:
> > > 
> > >   $ snap refresh —edge snapweb
> > > 
> > > or, on a system without snapweb
> > > 
> > >   $ snap install —edge snapweb
> > > 
> > Thanks for the explanation Jamie. Using the above command I updated
> > to
> > 0.23.9 and reloaded snapweb in Firefox. I'm curious though as to
> > what's
> > the purpose of what I show in the screenshot.
> 
> This too is work in progress, as the —edge channel disclaimer
> implies. The team are looking to add more functionality to SnapWeb to
> expose the most common requirements for a web-based frontend on an
> IoT gateway-like device. This includes showing information about the
> device itself, any users that are associated with the device,
> software updates available, and to allow some settings to be changed.
> What your screenshot shows is the beginning of that work.
> 
> Keep an eye out for more changes and improvements to the project in
> the coming weeks/months.
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > and file any bugs at https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapweb
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Jamie.
> > > 
> > > [1] “should be” - this functionality is currently being worked on
> > > and
> > > is very new.
> > > [2] Snap Sections are again very new. We are still coming up with
> > > the
> > > right naming scheme and ensuring each snap is in the right
> > > place. 
> > > 
Sounds good Jamie, looking forward to the updates as the come up. When
snaps are automatically refreshed throughout the day will snapweb from
edge be updated?

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Chris
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