Hi Michael and all, We can look into JSF 2.2 as a possible candidate. It is similar to OFBiz Widget and seems to fit the new requirements described so far in this thread.
Regards, James Yong On 2017-07-03 17:42 (+0800), Michael Brohl <michael.br...@ecomify.de> wrote: > Hi Sharan, > > thanks for the reminder. > > It's fine to have another theme to choose for the "old" UI, I just want > to point out that (in my mind) the new theme/UI initiative goes far > beyond having just another theme on base of the current technological stack: > > - new themes should be responsive > > - we should be able to use different UI frameworks like Bootstrap and > AngularJS who take care of responsiveness and browser compatibility > > - it must be easy for developers to write the screen structure and also > easy for webdesigners to build a good design on base of this > > - developers should not care about CSS styles and classes, and > webdesigners should not cara about how the screen snippets are put > together or how the screens get their data. > > - we will need a new approach to be able to "plug in" different UI > frameworks. We'll need a UI layer who represents the screen contents in > an abstracted way (possbly an enhanced Freemarker macro library) and > make it possible to generate HTML code with the right css attributes for > the target library. > > - a rewrite of the screens will be necessary to make the UI less > cluttered and overloaded. This will require some concepts/design work > beforehand > > - there are surely many other possible requirements (I am not a UX or > web design expert) > > > I appreciate the contribution of the new theme. I am also sure that this > will not solve the challenge to drive OFBiz to another level, UI wise. > > Thanks and regards, > > Michael Brohl > ecomify GmbH > www.ecomify.de > > > Am 03.07.17 um 10:52 schrieb Sharan Foga: > > Hi All > > > > Don't forget that we also had the offer of a theme from Provolve and > > Stannah. > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-6985 > > > > This is a theme that they are using at the moment (so it working) and > > have said it could be contributed back to the project. If it's only a > > case of having someone volunteer to implement it into the trunk then > > this could be a way to get a nice theme up and running quickly for us. > > > > Thanks > > Sharan > > > > On 03/07/17 10:29, Michael Brohl wrote: > >> Thanks Nicolas, > >> > >> is there anything, even work in progress, you are able to share at > >> the moment? > >> > >> This way other could chime in and help moving further. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Michael Brohl > >> ecomify GmbH > >> www.ecomify.de > >> > >> > >> Am 03.07.17 um 09:26 schrieb Nicolas Malin: > >>> Hi Michael > >>> > >>> Le 02/07/2017 à 20:42, Michael Brohl a écrit : > >>>> Hi Julien, all, > >>>> > >>>> I'd like to resurrect this discussion and the activities to improve > >>>> the OFBiz user interface. I think we really should put some focused > >>>> effort on it if we want OFBiz to be recognized as a modern ERP. > >>>> Also, if we imporve the UI, more users and also developers will be > >>>> attracted which will be a win for the community and further > >>>> development of OFBiz. > >>>> > >>>> Nicolas and others who have started work on this: can you give us > >>>> an update about the efforts undertaken and where we stand? > >>> Currently I block on the comon-theme with a good information > >>> propagation. My next step will be create a dedicate object as > >>> referent on widget context, but my works has been disturb with the > >>> framework separation and the git-svn link break. > >>> Instead of continue, I help some people to work on the groovy > >>> mini-lang conversion. I plan to improve a few the groovy DSL and > >>> after I continue the work on commont-theme. > >>> > >>> Nicolas > >> > >> > > > > >
