Hi Alex, I agree with Paul and James
Cheers, Katy > Alex, > > I agree: > > 1. > > Yes (non-modal) > > 2. > > Yes (run dialog persists) > > 3. > > Separate run dialog per workflow > > Paul. > > James Eales wrote: >> Hi Alex, >> >> I think I qualify as a reasonably active taverna user these days, so >> here are my votes. >> >> 1) Yes (non-modal) >> 2) Yes (run dialog persists) >> 3) Separate run dialog per workflow >> >> cheers, >> James >> >> >> On 19 Mar 2010, at 18:36, Alexandra Nenadic wrote: >> >> >>> Hi taverna-users, >>> >>> We'd like your opinion on the Run Dialog in Taverna (the one you get >>> when you try to run the Workflow and you need to specify your workflow >>> inputs). We are doing some changes to it and want to get it right, i.e. >>> do what most of you want. >>> >>> Currently, you get a dialog that is modal (i.e. stays on top of the >>> main >>> Taverna window) and does not let you bring the main Taverna window at >>> the same time. Also, when you click the Run button on the dialog - it >>> closes it and switches to the Result perspective where you see the >>> progress of the workflow run. You can bring it up again if you click on >>> the Run button again in the main menu or in the toolbar and it will >>> show >>> the dialog with the last used input values. >>> >>> So the questions are: >>> >>> (1) Do you want the run dialog to be non-modal so you can bring the >>> main >>> Taverna window into focus? >>> >>> (2) Do you want the Run Dialog not to close after pressing the Run >>> button and to simply get minimised in the case it is non-modal? If it >>> gets closed then you can bring it up again from the File/Run menu of >>> the >>> top toolbar. If it gets minimised you can always just click on it to >>> bring it up again. >>> >>> (3) Do you want a separate Run Dialog per workflow or only one >>> RunDialog >>> for the currently run workflow? In the first case if you tried running >>> 2 >>> different workflows you'd have two different Run Dialogs minimised that >>> you can bring up. If you ran the same workflow e.g. 10 times, there >>> would still be one Run Dialog for that workflow though. So one Run >>> Dialog per workflow, but multiple runs of the same workflow would get >>> the same Run Dialog with the last input values saved. In the second >>> case, the Run Dialog will only refer to the workflow currently being >>> run >>> and you would not be able to see the input values you used when you ran >>> other workflows. >>> >>> The suggestion we got from our in-house users is to use non-modal Run >>> Dialogs, one per workflow, and not to close them but minimise them >>> after >>> having finished with entering inputs. This is similar to Taverna 1, but >>> you do not get a different dialog for different runs of the same >>> workflow, rather you just have one dialog per workflow that remembers >>> last used values. >>> >>> >>> OK, cast your votes. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Alex >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >>> Try the new software tools for yourself. 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