>On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 10:37:24PM -0400, Keith Mastin wrote: >> >On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 07:21, Antonio Gallardo Rivera wrote: >> >> Can we use Javascript to make a better menu? Do you agree with this? >> > >> >I would rather use frames. See www.computerdatasafe.com.au for an example of >> >how it could be structured. >> > >> >Don't take a lot of notice of the content, it's not officially there yet. >> > >> >The basic idea is a row of links across the top that drive links in the left >> >column to drive the page contents. The icon position selects the "home page." >> >> Frames don't work with lynx. Neither does the javascript. If you drop the >> console access, you loose one of the main advantages of SL. > >I'm not a fan of frames ever, or of gratuitous javascript. But neither am >I a fan of using the web interface to do things it can't do well. For >instance, drop-down lists work well if you have a dozen debtors, but they >don't work if you have five hundred. I have worked for a company who had >five hundred debtors and in excess of a thousand stock items, and they >were a small business.
I understand that there are search functions for this, and they are made to select almost any parameter that is needed to ID the debtor account you want to access. Dieter does custom work if you need a special features not found in the general release. >It could be argued that getting a better UI is worth the cost of losing >console access. That is a legitimate tradeoff, and its worth exploring >whether it is a tradeoff that Dieter wants to make. There are a lot of programs out there that have already done this... console accessibility is one of the major features that made sql-ledger so attractive to me. I do a lot of work from client sites. Being a bit of a paranoid mofo, I do not allow any direct access to my accounting system over the Internet. I also need access to my accounting system over the Internet. So I ssh into my firewall, ssh from there into my accounting system and do a complete sales order for quotes or invoice for work done, email the pdf to the client and get paid before I walk out the door. This is not the only way to do it, I could also do a port forward and redirect at the firewall over an obscure port to access the gui web interface, but it's not as secure. My laptop is a really old dell latitude that I use in console mode only, use it a lot as a serial term to the client server rather than plugging a monitor in to configure their running system. I thnk I might send it to the graveyard if I try to squeeze even links onto it. :) Although it sounds and is archaic, using the old beast has secured many contracts because I not only tell the client I can work with existing hardware... I can prove it. -- Keith Mastin BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc. 137 Laird Drive Toronto M4G 3V5 http://www.beechtree.ca (416)696-6070 Fax(416)696-6072 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------- (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
