I think Yi-Nung is right also. Still, it is IMHO that the development of the features and the GUI should go together, if the former have a priority. Regards Talha
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:56 PM, yinung at Gmail <yinung.cycu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I personally agree with both Talha Yalta and Henrique on the issue of > presentation, in particular, in the gretl main window (perhaps for > average users). > > However, if we consider the benefit-cost on improvement of GUI and > functionality. I think the current gretl is straightforward enough for > normal users. > > Why don't we focus more on, for example, adding more popular (or > recently developed) econometric methods. > For instance, some multivariate GARCH models or autoregressive > conditional duration (ACD) model. > > Best regards. > > Yi-Nung > > 2009/5/7 Talha Yalta <talhayalta(a)gmail.com>: >>> I think this feature will make Gretl a little bit confusing for an average >>> user (Gretl’s approach focuses on ease of use). But Talha, what do you think >>> if Gretl starts to use "tabs" just like internet browsers (Mozilla Firefox, >>> Internet Explorer, and Safari)? >> >> I am not sure about whether my proposal would make things look too >> confusing as long as all objects are specified with their types in the >> column next to them and have their own nice looking icons in the icon >> view. This setup enables easily performing complex operations via the >> GUI representing an important innovation in the domain of econometric >> software. For example one could in the future select combinations of >> variables, scalars and matrices and do all sorts of operations using a >> right click menu or a "Linear algebra" toolbar. >> >> I know we have the console for doing everything but the same argument >> can be made for performing any complex operation outside the domain of >> econometrics. Some people prefer doing everyting using the console >> instead of a GUI environment such as KDE or Gnome. The innovation here >> is to make it possible to easily do everyting with a few mouse clicks. >> Think of how Photoshop makes extremely complex calculations easily >> accessible via GUI. There also exists command line tools such as >> ImageMagic for performing complex operations on graphics files as >> well. >> >> On the other hand, I guess tabs could be nice too :-) This does not >> cancel the other parts of my proposal regarding making the main window >> switch between the icon view and detailed list view as well as being >> able to sort items by cliciking on the column heads etc. >> Talha >> >> >> -- >> “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far >> more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting >> moment.” - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gretl-users mailing list >> Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu >> http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-users mailing list > Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu > http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users > -- “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) --
