On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Jesse McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think we'll ever be happy with standard GWT...so we'll have to > find > something if that is the way we want to go.. I'm pretty sure some components are available under ASL compliant license. > > > and LGPL would be fine so long as we are not modifying underlying > code...at > least that is what the MyGWT guys say on their license page.. It isn't possible to use LGPL code/library in an ASF product Emmanuel > > > jesse > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Emmanuel Venisse < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Jesse McConnell < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > the other thing to consider about GWT is that the basics are just > 'good > > > enough' to get very far in the design and layout of the page...to > really > > > get > > > a sweet looking webapp you _really_ need to start looking into other > > > component libraries like GWT-Ext or MyGWT both of which I think are > > > license > > > friendly. > > > > > > I wanted to look at them, but they are under LGPL :( > > > > > > > It is also easy to get into just as convoluted mess as we have with > the > > > webwork setup. Also on the table in this layer of design is the > > messaging > > > bus of the webapp client side where I would recommend the setup I have > > > been > > > working with on the jetty side of things where we would use cometd for > a > > > long-polling connection, then the server side can initiate push events > > > back > > > to the client when something happens that the client should be > notified > > > about. The communication back and forth is in JSON which is a simple > > > format > > > for data going back and forth across the wire. Its a pretty nice > setup > > > and > > > scales nicely. > > > > > > I don't know cometd. > > About JSON, I think it would be good to use it because it is a > > "standard" > > that can be used by lot of tools: GWT, Adobe AIR, YUI... > > > > > > > > > > > Lots of things to consider once we decide to reinvent the ui. > > > > > > sure > > > > > > > jesse > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Emmanuel Venisse < > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I don't think we'll can work a lot about GWT in 1.2 with all issues > > > > targeted > > > > to this version, but we can include some GWT components. I think to > > the > > > > file > > > > browser in the working copy page and a user friendly page to write a > > > > schedule with for example a text part where it will be write in > human > > > text > > > > the definition of the cron expression like "This schedule will run > > every > > > > hour". > > > > > > > > About my GWT test, I created something few months ago. It is some > > things > > > > about how to show all informations about groups/projects/builds at > one > > > > place > > > > without to click on few pages to see informations. If user want more > > > > information, it click on the link in the menu (blank page for now :) > > ). > > > > You > > > > can see my work there: > > > > http://people.apache.org/~evenisse/continuum_gwt/Continuum.html<http://people.apache.org/%7Eevenisse/continuum_gwt/Continuum.html> > <http://people.apache.org/%7Eevenisse/continuum_gwt/Continuum.html> > > <http://people.apache.org/%7Eevenisse/continuum_gwt/Continuum.html> > > > <http://people.apache.org/%7Eevenisse/continuum_gwt/Continuum.html> > > > > > > > > I don't think it should be the result we want, but it can be > something > > > to > > > > start discussion. > > > > > > > > Emmanuel > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:27 AM, Rahul Thakur < > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know it sounds crazy, but I'd still like to work through the UI > > and > > > > > rework it using GWT for 1.2/1.3 ;-) > > > > > > > > > > Emmanuel - do you want to talk about the work you did with the GWT > > UI? > > > I > > > > > did some work as well but its in my local SVN. > > > > > > > > > > Does any one has any other thoughts on this? Changes/improvements > in > > > UI > > > > > design from a usability perspective? > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Rahul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brett Porter wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Sure, if someone is working on it :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On 02/04/2008, at 8:40 PM, Rahul Thakur wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Should we target this for 1.2/1.3 instead? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rahul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brett Porter (JIRA) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CONTINUUM-1669?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel > > > > > > > > ] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brett Porter updated CONTINUUM-1669: > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fix Version/s: 2.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > User Interface improvements > > > > > > > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Key: CONTINUUM-1669 > > > > > > > > > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CONTINUUM-1669 > > > > > > > > > Project: Continuum > > > > > > > > > Issue Type: Improvement > > > > > > > > > Reporter: Rahul Thakur > > > > > > > > > Fix For: 2.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Refer to detailed discussion here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CONTINUUMDEV/UI+improvements > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Brett Porter > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > http://blogs.exist.com/bporter/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > jesse mcconnell > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > jesse mcconnell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
