Union Patcher and Ease of Use

[vilijur]

Union Patcher in it's current state

Currently, in my opinion, Union Patcher is in a state where, yes, it can do it's job, however people who are less experienced may have more trouble with it, and some of the errors that it throws up can be confusing to a novice computer user. The goal of this issue is to try and suggest ways to make the application more user friendly to as many users as possible, especially with Public Beta rapidly approaching. Here's what I propose:

My proposal

Below is a checklist of things that I think can help improve the application and also make it easier for a more novice computer user who just wants to play LBP online again to use:

• More clear and easy to understand error messages that don't fill the entire screen (Something like The patch could not be complete due to ... with an option to see the area where it went wrong in a dropdown menu, similar to some errors I've seen on Windows)
• Adding an "Advanced Options" section that contains FTP Username/Password as well as things like the ability to change the working directory for Union Patcher in the event it tries to work in, say, System32
• Guides on how to open the application for each OS in the README.md
• Translation support for other languages (helps provide accessibility for people who don't speak English very well, if at all)
• Having the Help button open a help/support page for Union Patcher instead of just going to lbpunion.com (once it exists)
• Adding support for patching a Cross-Controller (and/or LBP1 for RPCS3) eboot by toggling a check box in File Patch
• Having the Server URL field allow a choice between patching to Beacon or patching to a different URL (time saver, probably)

That's all I can think of currently. I feel like making the application more user friendly can help out not only more people with being able to connect to Beacon, but also any private server without too much hassle. Hopefully.
Of course, there are more things that can be done, like making a PS3/PS Vita homebrew application that can directly patch the eboot without having to use FTP at all (which eliminates some network-related errors), however that'll have to come at a later point in time.

...i should probably learn how to code