Hi all, thanks a lot for all the effort so far with sogo. I really like it. Unfortunately I am not a UI designer but I would like to contribute with an idea: I think the only thing which is missing in sogo is a plugin-system. Maybe you would like to take this into consideration when you are rewriting the UI - I personally would find it very helpful/useful to have a plugin-system (bookmark-plugin as an example). You need to define a plugin lifecycle, a skeleton and allow access to DB and UI. :-)
What do you think? Best Thomas Am 12.06.2014 um 16:14 schrieb Francis Lachapelle <[email protected]>: > Hi > > Since the release of version 1.0 five years ago, SOGo has gained a lot in > maturity and tons of great features. However, we feel like the UI and UX of > the Web interface have been neglected and deserve a good amount of love. > That's why we have big plans for the next major release of SOGo. We want to > leverage the stability and flexibility of the backend to completely rewrite > the front-end with modern technologies that will allow the evolution of SOGo > for another five years. > > The biggest challenge we want to meet is the accessibility of the Web > interface from modern mobile devices. SOGo is already accessible to mobile > devices through CalDAV, CardDAV and ActiveSync, but some users still want to > access their data through a Web browser. That means removing double-clicks > and contextual menus. It also means responsive design and simplified UI for > small screens, all without penalizing desktop users. > > We've been analyzing and testing various options for the past few months and > we decided to build the new Web interface with the following open source > projects: > > - AngularJS (https://angularjs.org/): a powerful open-source web application > framework. The project is already very popular and has a promising future. > - Foundation (http://foundation.zurb.com/): an advanced front-end framework > combining a flexible grid system and a great bare style to build a custom > look and feel. > - Ionic (http://ionicframework.com/): a new framework to build hybrid mobile > apps with HTML5. While our initial goal is to offer a very functional Web > interface to mobile devices, Ionic will ultimately help us to package a > native app of SOGo for Android and iPhone devices. > > SOGo is a complex Web application and deserves a serious front-end > architecture. That's why we'll adopt a MVW (model-view-whatever) structure on > the front-end (AngularJS), use Sass to build the CSS (with Foundation), and > use a specific framework for the mobile version of the Web interface (Ionic). > > If you are a UX expert, a UI designer or a JavaScript developer and you want > to contribute to the revamp of the Web front-end of SOGo, please contact us. > Share your ideas, sketches and inspirations on what would be the very best > open source groupware for you. > > Thanks, > > Francis > > -- > [email protected] :: http://www.inverse.ca > Inverse :: Leaders behind SOGo (http://sogo.nu) and PacketFence > (http://packetfence.org) > > -- > [email protected] > https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists -- [email protected] https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists
