I am pliable, Not wanting to Start anything (tongue in cheek) User Interface Layout Best Practices works for Me.
The impression I have gotten up to this point is "We are not into friendly layout, but a basic place to start from" As Ofbiz is going to be marketed, it should then be focus on the UI to be intuitive and friendly. since I use those words a lot that my be a place to start. defining what those words mean. others can then modify and expand on those definitions. David E Jones sent the following on 11/15/2008 7:43 PM: > > We already have some UI guidelines for the project that could be > extended to include these things. Adrian put quite a bit of work into > that and there are documents in the admin space on docs.ofbiz.org. > > Creating a new standard... hmmmm... I think here at OFBiz we're more > into "de-facto" standards driven by what exists in the project. We're > really not setup to be a "standards body" or anything like it. > > -David > > > On Nov 15, 2008, at 1:30 PM, BJ Freeman wrote: > >> Actually it was something I was suggesting, in starting. :) >> as you can see by your search not much focus is done on this, but I have >> found that it is what most programming efforts miss. >> >> David E Jones sent the following on 11/15/2008 9:57 AM: >>> >>> This sounds interesting. What is the name of this standard? I tried >>> searching for ["Open Business UI"] (ie with quotes) on google and it >>> found no results, and without quotes an OFBiz resource was the first >>> result. >>> >>> Do you have a URL or something? >>> >>> -David >>> >>> >>> On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:21 PM, BJ Freeman wrote: >>> >>>> My favorite is Open Business UI standard. >>>> Not from a programming point of view but from a business use. >>>> 1) lowering Key strokes >>>> 2) lowering Learning Curve. >>>> 3) error processing (bullet proofing User Entry) >>>> >>>> >>>> David E Jones sent the following on 11/13/2008 7:03 PM: >>>>> >>>>> NOTE: This is part of a more general effort to use some >>>>> requirements and >>>>> designs to guide what we do in OFBiz. I'll be sending out more >>>>> messages >>>>> along these lines. >>>>> >>>>> In the new "OFBiz Requirements and Designs" space I have added a page >>>>> with information about open standards used in OFBiz, or that we >>>>> could/should use in OFBiz. This is an initial pass at this and will >>>>> likely need a lot of reorganization and maintenance over time, but >>>>> already has some information that I hope will be useful for people >>>>> interested in pursuing implementation of open standards, or use of >>>>> implementations of open standards. Here is the page: >>>>> >>>>> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBREQDES/Open+Standards+for+OFBiz >>>>> >>>>> There are a few ways these might be useful: >>>>> >>>>> 1. for those interested in supporting open standards and want to >>>>> implement them >>>>> >>>>> 2. for those who want to contribute to OFBiz but aren't sure what >>>>> would >>>>> be good to implement >>>>> >>>>> 3. if you have an integration or standardized reporting need, why >>>>> not do >>>>> it based on an open standard like UBL, OAGIS, or XBRL? in this way you >>>>> (or your client) will have a better thought out file format, and one >>>>> that may already have some existing code to support it, or others >>>>> in the >>>>> community you can collaborate with to build it >>>>> >>>>> If anyone has any questions, or any other standards you'd like to see >>>>> represented there, please do write! >>>>> >>>>> -David >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> > > >
