No matter what technology we might choose to implement console. #1,2,3 metioned by Jeff are doable without large effort, and could bring a considerable improvement on the usability of current console. I even think we can get these done in G2.2.X but not only for G3.0.
I suggest to open a JIRA to track the console usability issue while keeping the console tech choosing discussion onoging. Comments ? On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Donald Woods <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to have the discussion of "Do we use the Felix Admin Console vs. > Pluto" first.... > > Personally, I think we need to focus on getting a Little-G minimal > equivalent working on trunk first (which doesn't include any Admin Console) > before we worry with all of the Console based plugins. > > > -Donald > > > > chi runhua wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Long time ago there was a discussion[1] on whether we could re-org admin >> console to improve user experiences for 2.2, which was cancelled for some >> reason, since we are now in the begining of big change of Geronimo >> architecture, I think it's a good opportunity that we bring this up and also >> for the coming 3.0 release. >> >> [1] >> http://old.nabble.com/-DISCUSS--Reorg-of-Admin-Console-for-2.2-td20628217s134.html >> >> Here are couples of thoughts in my mind to improve the console: >> 1. re-constructure the navigation tree to make it collapsible, the tree >> level should be less than 3; >> 2. re-orginize the avaliable tree items into new groups, for this one I'd >> like to vote +1 for what Jack had proposed in the previous thread; >> + Servers >> + Application Server >> - Geronimo Kernel (put Information, Java System Info, Thread Pool and >> Shutdown portlets in the same page here) >> - Web Server >> - JMS Server >> - EJB Server >> - DB server >> - Repository >> - New server assembly >> + Applications >> - Deploy New (Suggest to merge in the plan creator, so that users can >> either choose to use an existing plan file, or create a new one using the >> wizard) >> - User applications (merge WAR, EAR and Client, maybe bundles in the >> 3.0?) >> - Server plugins >> + Resources >> - DB pools >> - JMS resources >> - JEE Connectors >> - Jar Aliases >> + Security >> - Users and Groups >> - Keystores >> - Certificate Authority >> - Security Realms >> + Monitoring and Troubleshotting >> - Monitoring >> - Logs >> - Debug Views >> 3. re-construct the available portlets to improve embedded assistance >> information, for example, show breadcrum when user is working on a task; >> reduce in-line text on the current UI, and use hover-help or pop-up help >> page only when necessary etc... >> 4. for the long list on the current UI such as system modules, only show >> the most frequently used ones, use locate/find to display more.... >> >> Any comments? >> >> Jeff C >> >> >> >> >> -- Shawn
