On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 23:02 -0800, Karen Tung wrote: > kunal ghosh wrote: > > For my project i am designing a stand alone GUI but would like to > > incubate it to a Browser based User Interface (pretty much like the > > NimbleX online customizer ,then it would be truly a platform > > independent distro constructor). > > > > The following is my current roadmap: > > 1.Design a wizard like GUI using Java. > > 2.Provide options for adding repositories , selecting a subset of > > available repositories. > > 3.Option for Media Selection (i.e final media would be a CD/DVD or/and > > USB image). > > 4.Package selection. > In my opinion, a DC user's experience can be improved in 2 areas. > > 1) A better interface to specify what they want in the image (ie: a > better way to create/edit > the manifest) > 2) Having external resources they can use to generate the image. This could you please elaborate on the external resources part i didnt quite get it ! also how will i be able to use the grid engine , any ideas?(this is for queueing up the manifest to generate the iso in a grid) how can i use/ try out the grid engine ? i have no idea about it , how it works etc. will project caroline help ?
> is the online image > generation service Dave is talking about. > > Your current roadmap could certainly help with improvement #1. If you > haven't already, > check out the Package Manager. I think it would be good for the user to > have > similar experience of selecting repositories and packages in the DC as > the Package Manager. > > One useful feature to have is to be able to save a copy the manifest > after the user makes all > the selections. This would be useful for regardless you are going to do > a standalone GUI or > a Browser based GUI. > > The challenge is to integrate improvements #1 and #2. > > --Karen > > > > > would love if you could give suggestions or comments. > > (The choice of using JAVA for GUI is a part of the project proposal > > and cannot be changed.) > > >
