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Subject: AW: [UI] Suggestions for Mrinal
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:48:33 +0100
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@Bill

Do you need support with use cases for the UI? I created some use cases =
for the original UI ( =
http://blog.esme.us/the-origins-of-esme-selected-use-cases/) why don't =
you see if this a format that you like and if the selected use cases =
help you. They might be outdated but I think they provide some =
indication of where we are going.

D. =20

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Cc: Bill Fernandez; yojibee@gmail.com; esme-dev@incubator.apache.org
Betreff: [UI] Suggestions for Mrinal

Mrinal--

sorry you've been sick.  Thank you for offering to lead tasks 4 and 5:

At 2:56 PM +0530 1/16/09, Mrinal Wadhwa wrote:
>I think, my involvement will make most sense in goals 4 and 5 from your =
list
>        4. Make a preliminary list of API calls the UIs will need.
>        5. Implement the first stage end-user UI.


With regard to the first stage end user UI, I think you could easily=20
start at any time, putting in place the framework I outlined in my=20
comments document.  I suggest the following:

o Get the three-pane (three-column) main window layout working, with=20
the show/hide buttons.

o Get the messages formatted per the comments document.

o Get the overall shrink/expand functionality working (to make the=20
window tiny vs fullsize).  Initially don't worry about trying to put=20
activity indicators in the shrunken view.

o Make it lay out and behave well under these conditions:
-- Safari and Firefox on Mac OS
-- Safari, Firefox and IE6 on Windows XP
-- Safari, Firefox and IE7 on Windows Vista
-- Firefox on Linux (?)
-- With browser font-size upsized or downsized two increments by the =
user.

o In the left pane make it possible to insert sections (that=20
show/hide their contents when you click the section titles) and make=20
it possible to insert items in the sections that affect the display=20
in the center and right panes.

o Make it so that clicking an item in the left pane can display the=20
center and right panes separately, or combine them into one large=20
pane (as when displaying help or "about" info).

o Put in place dummy pages for help, about, policies, etc. (whatever=20
the static info pages were that I mentioned in the comments doc).

o Create the help system infrastructure, basically consisting of a=20
data structure and method for defining a hierarchy of help pages,=20
plus a two-pane window that shows the table of contents as a tree in=20
the left pane and a selected help page in the right pane.

o Create the login system.  Make the login page and main end-user UI=20
take turns occupying the same window.  The login "page" should=20
include the stub logic for registering as a new user, recovering=20
password, opening the help system, contacting an administrator, and=20
logging in.  When the user logs out of the main UI, the login page=20
should replace the main UI in the same window.

All that should keep you busy for a long time :-).

What do you think?
--Bill
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