Hi, Thanks Caty for the proposal. Here are my comments on it and on the application that I think we should target:
- The progress bar is nice. We could also use a "step" mechanism since we have 3 or 4 steps. I am not sure a pourcentage is relevant. - Since we are in a wizard I think standard buttons "Preview", "Save & Continue" ... etc should be replaced by "<< Previous" and "Next >>" - ColorTheme application example is not a very good example IMO. Basically, users will want to use Application Within Minutes every time they want to manage "entries", à la Excel. So it can be events, products, tasks, people, ... See example given here : http://www.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/ContentStructuration . You can also check how IWA could have used Application Within Minutes to create this space : http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/EventsExtra/ (When loggued in, you can contribute material) - I don't see the page / area that lists all applications. Is this located in the administration? It would be cool not to have them in the administration. - Application Within Minutes is for end users. Developers already have access to XWiki ability to create applications. Therefore, we should not have any line of code in the default (simple) view. - The first thing that we have to target is the simple view - Here are the items that users in simple view should have access to (and only): - Application Name - Application Key - Application Description - A page that allows user describe the data he/she wants to manage - Property name - Property type - Application home page options - Welcome message - Does users want to list entries on the home page - Fields to be displayed in that list - Rights settings (maybe not in this version) - Other options? - => Therefore we should not mention class, sheet, template, etc. All this should be transparent for those user (at least in simple view) - I beleive we can use a default XWiki page, no need to have a dedicated environment. If we want to display extra tips we can either use the administration layout or panels. Thanks -- Thibaut On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Ludovic Dubost <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Here is some feedback about the proposal. > > Generally I like the proposal which covers mostly what we need. > > I see some ntegration issue however: > > - the structure of the page is different than a normal "xwiki" page. This > is a problem I think. I'm not sure how this will integrate in the rest of > XWiki. This probably means there should be some way to customize the "home > page" look. > - it's not clear where the application resides, wether it is in the "prefs" > or somewhere in the wiki and how we access it. > > Some comments about the UI itself: > > Main Screen: > > - "Add New Entry" should not have a page name. One of the objectives of > the project is to get rid of this requirement. It should only be an "Add" > button. > > Structure Screen: > > - I'm not sure about the left vertical zone with the different page types. > Your proposal is kind of "IDE view". For an "IDE view" I would prefer a > tree. But I think we first need an "simple view", so I believe we should > propose 2 views: Simple / Advanced. > - Simple View: > - Show only the minimun actions: Class, Templates, Translations > - We don't need "Sheet" in the simple view as it should be the default > script. In "simple" mode no script should be necessary. > - IDE View: > - Show a tree with all the different page types. > > Each page type should have some more advanced proposals to help edit. The > most important one is the "Class Editor". We need a simpler proposal. We > should look at applications on the web (google forms or so) which propose > some simple ways to add and edit fields. This could mean merging "class > editor" and "sheet editor" but I'm not sure we are ready for that yet. > > For "Sheets" we need a way to associate "Sheets" with edit modes (view / > edit / search / changes / home), but that's advanced mode too. > For Translations initially it would be the usual wiki editing, but then we > should propose an editor. > > The main priority I see for the next steps are: > > - propose a "simple view" > - propose a simpler class editor > - clarify/fix integration issues for the home page / define entry point of > the App Within Minutes app > - propose an edit view for translations > > In general it's ok that we think "long term" (IDE style in advanced mode, > more advanced editors), but we can already deliver something compelling with > all the "default options" used instead of providing too many features. > Let's make sure we have a clear definition of the "minimum" so that > developers know what to start with. > > Looking forward for the next cycle. > > Ludovic > > Le 22/04/11 18:54, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) a écrit : > > Hi, >> >> I've made a proposal with my vision for the Application Within Minutes >> idea >> ( http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ApplicationWithinMinutes ) >> >> The proposal can be found at: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesProposal >> >> Additional details for the "Structure" area at: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesProposalStructure >> >> Curious of what you think about it. >> Thanks, >> Caty >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Prototypes (they are linked one from another): >> * Home: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesEditorHome >> >> * Structure: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesEditorClass >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesEditorSheet >> >> * Preferences: >> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ApplicationWithinMinutesEditorPreferences >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> >> > > -- > Ludovic Dubost > Blog: http://blog.ludovic.org/ > XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com > Skype: ldubost GTalk: ldubost > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
