On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Julio Bonis Sanz wrote:
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> But I think that a good interface, and a friendly GUI for the end user
> must be a priority (not the first one but one of the priorities).

Julio,
  I agree that a useful and friendly interface is essential. Hopefully,
more end users will be willing to review these systems and provide
feedback. No matter how talented (or conceited) we are, there is no way to
improve user interface design without end user involvement. Flexibility of
user interface is essential, but not sufficient. :-)
  This is THE motivation for having our own "database" of user reviews and
comments at the OIO Library (http://www.txoutcome.org). The idea is that
if everyone will take a few
minutes to submit a review of each other's software, then we can all
benefit.

> I think that FreeMD

Do you mean FreeMed? I have not been able to reach their site for the last
few days (http://www.freemed.org). What do you like about the FreeMed
interface?

Have you tried the FreePM interface (http://www.FreePM.Org)? It is similar
to the FreeMed interface.

> has a pretty inteface, but OIO for example has not
> reached this and must perform its GUI.

I agree that the OIO interface is not nearly as pretty - however, I hope
you will try it and help us improve it. I do think the OIO system has the
most user-friendly multi-lingual system, however :-).

Best regards,

Andrew
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Andrew P. Ho, M.D.
OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes
TxOutcome.Org (hosting OIO Library #1)
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
University of California, Los Angeles

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