On 3/2/07, Douglas Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Application is a Learning Center. > > The five screens are all related to an individual users, based on login. > > The PageFrame(s) are as such: > 1). specific user information. > > 2). lesson Plan for this users. > > 3). Screencast video player for viewing the lesson, > notepad for taking notes and pasting screen prints as the lesson > is viewed. > > 4). A document window for viewing and print of documents. > > 5). Detail views of completed lessons and lesson Plans. > > My questions was not about content in the PageFrames / individual screens. > > Is was about the desktop resources need to support these two approaches in > developing > application is dabo.
The difference in resources will be small. So, go with what looks good and feels right to the user. Even if the difference was bigger, UI design will make or break an app so always go with what the user wants. Here is a piece of advice for coding. Code up all of your different windows as dPanel subclasses. That way, switching between dForms and dPageFrames causes only a few lines of code to be changed. Also, then you won't need to estimate and develop another story for your customer. > > Thanks, > > Doug > > Peter Decker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/2/07, Douglas Kennedy wrote: > > > What are the advantages/disadvantages of using: > > > > a. multi page screen using the Paged Controls -> Add PageFrame with let's > > say 5 pages. > > > > or > > > > b. one main screen calling other screens. > > > > I am sure I have not learned enough about Dabo to be asking the correct > > questions. > > This isn't a Dabo question really. Its more of a general user > interface design question. > > The answer depends on what works best for your users. Do they need > several windows open at once? Is the content of those windows similar > enough to go together on a pageframe? Or are they different enough > that they belong on separate forms? > > Maybe some more info on what you're trying to do may help. > > -- > > # p.d. > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users
