Chris has been working hard on Unwrapt, which will be the backend for Keryx 1.0. As that is coming along, we will need to think about the Keryx 1.0 interface. Chris has asked me to take some of the ideas which we’ve talked about and turn them into GUI mockups.

Several changes to how Keryx 1.0 will operate are going to require changes to the GUI. For one thing, “projects” will be called “computer profiles”, or simply “computers”. Since Keryx will no longer be carried on a flash drive, profiles will not be stored with Keryx. Instead, users will “Add a computer” to a flash drive of their choice.
Also, users will no longer select a project from a drop-down list to open it. They will select the drive they’re using to store profiles and select a computer from a list of profiles stored on the drive.

The package management window is also getting a face-lift. In previous versions, Keryx has listed a lot of not-completely-necessary information for each package, making the list crowded. Now, only package names will be listed. When the user selects a package, a new pane will appear on the right providing the details of the package as well as a download button.

When the user downloads a package, a new Downloads tab will appear. Each package being downloaded will be listed along with its full URL and a progress bar. The tab will also include a Cancel button (Hurray!).

Everything in the preferences window will simply be moved to a tab.

Finally, when more than one tab is up, the welcome screen will remain in a tab titled “Home”.

These mockups were made using Pencil. If you’d like to tinker with them yourself, just download the Pencil document.

Please let us know what you think!