Re: [Axiom-developer] User Interface Help

2008-11-18 Thread root
>If available time is an important issue, why choose to use a >browser/javascript solution for the Axiom front-end and documentation >system when almost everything will take much longer to develop than >with a Java-based solution? Why would it take longer? Most of what gets displaying is hyperlink

Re: [Axiom-developer] User Interface Help

2008-11-17 Thread Ted Kosan
Tim wrote: > One primary consideration is the number of languages we need to support. > > There is currently no Java in Axiom. Java is a heavy component to add > to the build dependency. One can assume that a JVM needs to be installed on the user's machine just like it is assumed that FireFox ne

Re: [Axiom-developer] User Interface Help

2008-11-16 Thread root
>> I am working on a javascript version of the hypergraph >> similar to what you suggest. The key advantage of a javascript >> implementation is that I can embed it in the new Axiom Firefox >> browser front end. This will allow me to dynamically look up >> information during the graph traversal. >

Re: [Axiom-developer] User Interface Help

2008-11-16 Thread Ted Kosan
Tim wrote: > I am working on a javascript version of the hypergraph > similar to what you suggest. The key advantage of a javascript > implementation is that I can embed it in the new Axiom Firefox > browser front end. This will allow me to dynamically look up > information during the graph traver

Re: [Axiom-developer] User Interface Help

2008-11-16 Thread root
Ted, >Here is an example of a web-based dynamic graph that you may find >interesting. The data is in German, but the graph can contain text in >any language (Just drag on the image and click on the edges to make it >move): > >http://www.mfirst.de/wi/ > > >The software is called HyperGraph and it

Re: [Axiom-developer] User Interface Help

2008-11-15 Thread Ted Kosan
Tim wrote: > I have the graphs for the abbreviation connections and the full name > connections for the category structure in Axiom. > > The problem is that there are so many links that it appears to be a > ball of string. > > In order for this information to be useful I believe that there has to

[Axiom-developer] User Interface Help

2008-11-15 Thread daly
I have the graphs for the abbreviation connections and the full name connections for the category structure in Axiom. The problem is that there are so many links that it appears to be a ball of string. In order for this information to be useful I believe that there has to be a more dynamic way to