Thanks to both BJ and Adrian for the input. The dynamically produced screens are not suitable in my view. No eye has been given to layout, usability, and context making the users live harder than it needs to be. A prime example is the Payments screen in the Accounting module. Because this is so generic, there are 14 fields where there needs to be 5 (or six if you are dealing with foreign currencies) for the common payment tasks.
That is why I want to replace these so I don't have to spend hours training my customers' employees every time they hire a new one. In other words, these dynamically generated screens are the problem, not the solution. Skip -----Original Message----- From: BJ Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: GUI editors for ftl Ftl's are tied to the bsh files in ofbiz.' from the freemaker site http://freemarker.org/editors.html but more importantly most displays are dynamically produced from the entities. In otherwords the Field are not defined in the editor but produced when the entity is read. So the editor would have be entity aware and some form of CSS would have to be used to give div classes to each field. there are some Ftls and some widgets the build on other ftls and widgets to create complex pages. I am not sure there is any editor that will allow all that. there has been some talk in the content module, but nothing definite, like above. [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent the following on 10/17/2007 2:26 PM: > I have Netbeans for Java and XUI as well as JBuilder for Java and > Dreamweaver for HTML, etc. > > What do you guys use for new FTL devleopment? Is there a GUI editor to make > the screen layout easier? > > I am passionate about attractive and intuitive UIs and a GUI editor makes it > all easier. > > Any tools and tricks to make life easier? > > Skip > > >
