It is pleasure to to be able to publicly welcome Martha Lindeman to the project as its GUI architect and to thank her for the effort she has made to quickly understand the project and to produce the design document.
I urge all those interested in assisting in the design effort to read the document and and make their comments and suggestions. We have a big task to complete in the next few months as the Sun OpenOffice developers may be able to do so work on the bibliographic application after OpenOffice version 2.0 released in March or April. The Beta release of version 2.o will be released very soon. So we need to have some design proposals to dicuss with them soon. Martha will have a key role in directing this work. regards David On Wednesday 23 February 2005 3:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All (on the Dev and Users lists), > > I (Martha Lindeman) have been corresponding with David and Bruce about > designing the GUIs for OOoBib as its GUI architect. As a result, I have > iterated the highest level of GUI design in discussions with them, and > this evening I posted the current version of the architectural-design > document in the OOoBib project library for your comments. The link is > http://bibliographic.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=4 >51&expandFolder=451&folderID=0 > > I uploaded both the pdf and sxw files so that you could choose. > > David and Bruce suggested that I give you some background to introduce > myself, so I have pasted below the brief explanation I included in the > document itself: > > 1. > > As an author with a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, I write > extensively and recently searched for software solutions to > support my use of citations and references (which is how I found > the OOoBib project); > > 2. > > When I was a research scientist at Online Computer Library Center > (OCLC) for three years in the late 1980's, my team defined and > then successfully prototyped an object-oriented project in X11R2 > that explored the future design of databases and user interfaces > for electronic full-text and multi-media information retrieval; and > > 3. > > I have been a user-interaction consultant and trainer for almost > 20 years, and my specialty is designing user interactions with > complex systems that require integration of multiple pieces that > are also complex in themselves. > > I currently live in Columbus, Ohio, and my consulting/training company > is called Agile Interactions, Inc. I picked the name Agile Interactions > because the purpose of user-interaction design is to make user > interactions quick and easy to do (i.e., "agile" per Webster's > Dictionary). > > The GAINS(sm) design process I am using is our iterative, four-level > process that allows collection of feedback at different levels of design > without adding significantly to development time. I included an > overview of the GAINS process in the document so that you can know the > feedback points -- those points when you will be able to have a > significant impact on the GUI design before anyone starts the detailed > layout of the displays. Thus we can hammer on the GUI design until it > represents what we want in the system without anyone spending time doing > rework. > > David, Bruce and I would deeply appreciate your taking the time to read > the GUI architectural design document and providing comments, > suggestions, etc. There are many unanswered (and even unasked) > questions that must be answered before detailed design of the GUI can be > started. So, in advance, "Thank you"! I am looking forward to getting > your feedback. > > Regards, > Martha Lindeman, Ph.D. > Phone: 614-899-7565 > President, Agile Interactions, Inc. > 1933 E. Dublin-Granville Rd. #125 > Columbus, OH 43229 > USA > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ------------------- David N. Wilson Co-Project Lead for the Bibliographic OpenOffice Project http://bibliographic.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
