Hi Caty, this looks quite promising! Keep the proposals coming, I really look forward to the next version of your work on this feature.
Nice work :-) Guillaume On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 22:03, Ludovic Dubost <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Here is some feedback about the proposal. > > Generally I like the proposal which covers mostly what we need. > > I see some ntegration issue however: > > - the structure of the page is different than a normal "xwiki" page. This > is a problem I think. I'm not sure how this will integrate in the rest of > XWiki. This probably means there should be some way to customize the "home > page" look. > - it's not clear where the application resides, wether it is in the "prefs" > or somewhere in the wiki and how we access it. > > Some comments about the UI itself: > > Main Screen: > > - "Add New Entry" should not have a page name. One of the objectives of > the project is to get rid of this requirement. It should only be an "Add" > button. > > Structure Screen: > > - I'm not sure about the left vertical zone with the different page types. > Your proposal is kind of "IDE view". For an "IDE view" I would prefer a > tree. But I think we first need an "simple view", so I believe we should > propose 2 views: Simple / Advanced. > - Simple View: > - Show only the minimun actions: Class, Templates, Translations > - We don't need "Sheet" in the simple view as it should be the default > script. In "simple" mode no script should be necessary. > - IDE View: > - Show a tree with all the different page types. > > Each page type should have some more advanced proposals to help edit. The > most important one is the "Class Editor". We need a simpler proposal. We > should look at applications on the web (google forms or so) which propose > some simple ways to add and edit fields. This could mean merging "class > editor" and "sheet editor" but I'm not sure we are ready for that yet. > > For "Sheets" we need a way to associate "Sheets" with edit modes (view / > edit / search / changes / home), but that's advanced mode too. > For Translations initially it would be the usual wiki editing, but then we > should propose an editor. > > The main priority I see for the next steps are: > > - propose a "simple view" > - propose a simpler class editor > - clarify/fix integration issues for the home page / define entry point of > the App Within Minutes app > - propose an edit view for translations > > In general it's ok that we think "long term" (IDE style in advanced mode, > more advanced editors), but we can already deliver something compelling with > all the "default options" used instead of providing too many features. > Let's make sure we have a clear definition of the "minimum" so that > developers know what to start with. > > Looking forward for the next cycle. > > Ludovic > > Le 22/04/11 18:54, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) a écrit : > > Hi, >> >> I've made a proposal with my vision for the Application Within Minutes >> idea >> ( http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ApplicationWithinMinutes ) >> >> The proposal can be found at: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesProposal >> >> Additional details for the "Structure" area at: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesProposalStructure >> >> Curious of what you think about it. >> Thanks, >> Caty >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Prototypes (they are linked one from another): >> * Home: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesEditorHome >> >> * Structure: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesEditorClass >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesEditorSheet >> >> * Preferences: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesEditorPreferences >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> >> > > -- > Ludovic Dubost > Blog: http://blog.ludovic.org/ > XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com > Skype: ldubost GTalk: ldubost > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
