Please go ahead and raise this as a wishlist bug (I could do it myself but it was your idea and it should show so).
Nimit Shah On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Nimit Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, by "configuration options" I meant configuration dialog itself. I > just didn't want another pop-up/window to come up. > We can keep the custom configuration options decided by the author on the > right hand side. > > Nimit Shah > > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 4:34 PM, tkdchen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Nimit Shah <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Chenxiong, >> > There is a synchronization service rework in pipeline and this would be >> a >> > great addition to it! I like the idea of making the experience of >> Plugins >> > and Synchronization services being similar. The user interface part can >> be >> > discussed further. >> > >> > Just building upon your idea, we can have a box with 2 columns. There >> are >> > only 2 changes that I would like to make to your idea: >> > - Instead of keeping available status,we can use 3 ways to represent the >> > synchronization services. The synchronization service name can be >> showing in >> > bold text (available and enabled), black text (available but not >> enabled) >> > and grey text(not available). >> >> Sounds good. >> >> > - Clicking on an available service, you get the description and >> > configuration options on the right hand side. The bottom right corner >> of the >> >> It would be great to allow backend author to provide custom >> configuration dialog, either shown by clicking a button like the >> Plugin or be embedded in the right hand side. >> >> > column will have enable/disable button. >> > - Clicking on the unavailable service will show you a description and >> which >> > modules are missing. There will not be any configuration options or >> > enable/disable button. >> > >> > We can keep a similar interface for plugins. The major change being >> that in >> > plugins, we can enable several plugins without any need for >> configuration >> > and hence the enable/disable button needs to be out of the right column >> and >> > in the main box itself. >> > >> > >> > Nimit Shah >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 9:30 AM, tkdchen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi folks, >> >> >> >> In my machine, some GTG dependencies are missed, that results in three >> >> backends cannot be imported. I know this only when launch gtg from the >> >> command line. And as a non-technical user like others, when open the >> >> Synchronization Service, they are not listed in the cadidate list, no >> >> way to know what sync services provided by GTG and why some of them >> >> cannot be used. It's not a bit of reasonable. >> >> >> >> I prefer to allow user to see all backends. The solution is, >> >> >> >> - give another status to each backend, might be named `available`. >> >> That means whether a backend is available for using. >> >> - backend author is responsible for claiming the environment including >> >> all dependencies to run the backend very clearly. >> >> - change synchronization service to be similar with Plugins dialog. >> >> - in the left side of the dialog is a TreeView to show all backends, >> >> and use checkbox to indicate to enable or disable a backend >> >> - in the right side, the area shows information of each backend, >> >> even the custom configuration interaction >> >> >> >> Actually, based on current implementation of Synchronization Service, >> >> the first two items are enough. That's it. What do you say? >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Chenxiong Qi >> >> >> >> http://about.me/tkdchen >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors >> >> Post to : [email protected] >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> A Python developer living in Beijing >> http://about.me >> > >
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