Vikas, I have seen the code. I am afraid this is quite far from being generic.
Such a functionality for the backoffice should: - be able to list different kind of elements like orders, parties, products etc. - be able to persist and display the list again when the user log in again - offer the possibility to organize several preferred items to be always there -Bruno 2008/10/11 Vikas Mayur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Bruno, I think this functionality is close to what exists in OFBiz - if I > am not wrong. > There are two screenlet in left bar of eCommerce app i.e. Last Category and > Last Searches .... which remembers user visit to a category or search during > a session. > > I did not look into the code but if the implementation of above two > screenlets is not generic enough to support navigation panel as you > mentioned, then we could come with any generic interface, class to support > this functionality in overall application. > > > - Vikas > > > On Oct 11, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Bruno Busco wrote: > > Giving a look to >> http://www.compiere.com/products/product-demos/tour/web_ui_demo.htm >> some suggestions can come to improve OFBiz UI. >> >> I would like to mention just one: >> - Navigation panel >> A lateral collapsible panel with recent viewed elements and (that's great) >> user selected favourite elements to have always at a click >> >> My two cents, >> Bruno >> >> 2008/10/10 Joe Eckard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Right, the cool features of OSGi for OFBiz would be things like giving >>> each >>> component its own classloader, allowing each component to be loaded / >>> unloaded, started or stopped without a reboot, and having 2 different >>> versions of the same component loaded and running at the same time. >>> >>> Regarding the impressions of the OFBiz UI, I tend to agree. I certainly >>> don't mean to downplay the efforts put into the UI, but compared to more >>> modern, process-directed UIs that people have come to expect, even from >>> basic PHP applications, OFBiz falls a little flat. I realize most pages >>> are >>> intended to be generic and data / service based, but compared to >>> something >>> like: >>> >>> http://www.highrisehq.com/tour >>> http://drupal.org/node/109484 >>> >>> it may turn some people off. >>> >>> >>> -Joe >>> >>> >>> On Oct 10, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Tim Ruppert wrote: >>> >>> Interesting feedback Joe. I've had a look inside this and how it works >>> >>>> for OFBiz in general and am really interested to see how it may help >>>> out. >>>> At first glance, my response was the same as Adrian's, but these guys do >>>> have good experience, so it'll be nice to see how it ends up looking. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Tim >>>> -- >>>> Tim Ruppert >>>> HotWax Media >>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>> >>>> o:801.649.6594 >>>> f:801.649.6595 >>>> >>>> On Oct 10, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Joe Eckard wrote: >>>> >>>> "The foundation of the CloudFree Platform is Equinox. Thus, everything >>>> >>>>> will be developed and deployed as OSGi bundles. Thus, it's valid to say >>>>> that Java is our technology of choice for the platform." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I've been exploring OSGi for a few months now and it seems like an >>>>> ideal >>>>> solution for OFBiz (and enterprise frameworks in general). It will be >>>>> exciting to see what experienced OSGi developers come up with to make >>>>> the >>>>> interesting features easier to use in our context. >>>>> >>>>> -Joe >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 10, 2008, at 8:49 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote: >>>>> >>>>> http://cloudfree.net/ >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.eclipse.org:80/proposals/cloudfree/ >>>>>> <http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/cloudfree/> >>>>>> >>>>>> news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.cloudfree >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> In the news group, there is a reference to OFBiz under this thread: >>>>>> "Why >>>>>> another open source ecommerce platform?" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -R >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >