Hi Alec,
Thanks for the links to the drawing programs. Unfortunately, I don't have time or the artistic talent to draw up an actual Chandler screen shot.
If you want input from non-developer participants to this list, I don't think it's fair to
expect them to come up with the same quality drawings as Mimi would.
There is a lot of expertise in the various professions other than software engineers that
could greatly benefit the development of open source software. However, this of course
involves an interaction between developers and non-developers and communication
can be difficult. I think in general that open source developers need
more patience in dealing with non-developer participants.
Perhaps a separate discussion board for non-developers input might
be a solution so that the computer science grads on this list
are not too "frustrated" by lay participant discussions and terminology.
This way, you folks can do your own thing and just monitor the
non-developer boards once in a while if an interesting subject
pops up and then take the discussion further amongst yourselves here?
I don't know what the best answer is. However, at any rate, I
find this forum very unfriendly towards lay participants perspectives.
BTW, I was actually warned about this crowd from someone high
up in another major open source project. Now I know what they meant.
Hence, this will be my last post here. If you do create a forum
for non-developer input such as a separate discussion board then
let me know and I may check in on it.
However, to clarify what I was talking about, the two proposals for dashboard are as follows.
I had drew this rough diagram several times before on this list back in Oct / Nov so I figured I wouldn't have to do it again but I guess I was mistaken. My apololgies. The three framed layout would essentially be for larger screened monitors.
_____________________________________________________
I I frame 1 I I I
I I I I I
I I I 2 I I
I I I I I
I I I I I
I I I I I
I I I_______________I I
I I I I I
I I I 3 I I
I I I I I
I I I I I
I I I I I
I______I______________________I_______________I______I
Frame 1 would be for email InBox triaging, Frame 2 for Memo's triaging, Frame 3 for Tasks triaging
The two sidebars that might be extended out from each side or collapsed are shown here but not labled.
The left side, an extensible / collapsable sidebar might be for Calendar Day view and the right side
bar that's also extensible / collapsable might be for depicting collections of a particular item
that's selected in one of the three triaging frames. The bottom half of the
right side bar may also be reserved for previewing text from the selected item.
The sidebars would be extendable or collapsible to accommodate for monitor size.
Now here's a second optional layout for Dashboard that the user may select if their monitor
size is very small such as on a laptop.
__ __ __
__________I I__I_I___I I______________
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I I I I
I______I______________________I______I
The three tabs for email, Memo, Tasks triaging are shown
on top but not labeled. The extensible sidebars on either
side would have the same function as with the framed dashboard.
The triage status of each tab would be abbreviated on the tab itself
using the colored numbering system I had described in the last
message on this thread.
Regarding what I was referring to when double clicking an item
into the second level of Dashboard, please refer to my
previous posts on this subject where I had drawn diagrams
already on this and are archived here.
http://archive.neotonic.com/archive/osaf-design/index/author/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To view the actual diagrams, you have to select the message -> View message ->
View Source.
Best of luck to all. I have too much other work to attend to.
Regards,
Selva
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design
