In the architectural level, JBoss Portal can be a good sample, the concepts are portal, page, window. http://www.jboss.org/jbossportal/ or http://www.jboss.org/gatein
If you're interested in how a user configs his/her page, you can login our portal: http://sso.langhua.org/cas/login?service=http%3A%2F%2Flanghua.org% 2Fportal%2Fauth%2Fportal%2Fdefault%2FHome Username: anon Password: anon In window level, OpenCms is a good example, list, dialog and etc. http://demo.opencms.org/en/ If you're interested in how a user use it, you can login our cms workplace: http://sso.langhua.org/cas/login?service=http%3A%2F%2Fcms.langhua.org% 3A80%2Fopencms705%2Fopencms%2Fsystem%2Flogin%2Findex.html Username: anon Password: anon Regards, Shi Jinghai/Beijing Langhua Ltd. 在 2009-11-10二的 19:02 -0500，Ruth Hoffman写道： > Hello Shi: > Please excuse my ignorance, but what exactly do you mean by "web GUI"? > Could you give an example of another application suite that has a "web > GUI" as you suggest? > Regards, > Ruth > > Shi Jinghai wrote: > > OFBiz already has a core system (like a dos or linux core), it needs a > > Windows/GNU(web GUI), perhaps it's time to consider to introduce a new > > party who is an expert on this. Please don't confuse the GUI with CSS, > > it's on dialog, window, menu, list, form and etc. > > > > Just my 2 cents, > > > > Shi Jinghai/Beijing Langhua Ltd. > > > > PS: please rename the GUI in framework to another name. > > > > 在 2009-11-10二的 07:17 -0700，Brett Palmer写é“： > > > >> Here are the notes that I took during the ApacheCon 2009 User Round Table. > >> The conference was a success but I believe was less attended than normal. > >> I've been to about 6 ofbiz conferences and this one was the least attended > >> by ofbiz users than others. I attribute this to the current economic > >> situation rather than anything else. > >> > >> Interestingly, a lot of the comments during the round table were similar > >> to > >> ones that we have had in the past. The project continues to make progress > >> but from outsiders it is difficult to measure as some of the new features > >> takes months to see in the end product. > >> > >> There were six people in attendance at the round table. A few had to leave > >> early to catch planes in the afternoon. Of those that attended the round > >> table two were speakers (myself and Ruth). Three of the attendees were > >> service providers trying to better understand the direction of ofbiz and > >> one > >> was a new user that was active in other Apache projects and wanted to know > >> more about ofbiz. > >> > >> > >> Here are the key comments: > >> > >> * Everyone was very interested in the new project that Dave introduced a > >> couple of weeks ago about a specialized application for small business. > >> They > >> wanted to know a lot more about this project and what it would include. > >> There was a lot of excitement about the proposal. I didn't have a lot of > >> details to share so I told them to watch the mailing list for more details > >> on the subject. > >> > >> * Most common complaint. The UI for the out of the box ecommerce > >> application. The general feedback was that from a technical perspective > >> people like ofbiz but it was difficult to convince key business people that > >> ofbiz was right for their organization because of the lacking "sizzle" in > >> the default application. Non-technical people have a hard time > >> determining > >> how difficult it is to customize the UI and in a quick review will opt for > >> a > >> better looking application because that is all they can really evaluate. > >> The general thought was that the lack of a very nice front end was slowing > >> the adoption for ofbiz > >> > >> * Another suggestion was around content management. The ofbiz CMS is not > >> fully complete with a UI and business logic. The question was asked if it > >> was possible to plugin other CSM packages the the Java Content Repository > >> (JCR). > >> > >> * There were some comments on OpenTaps and what it means to OFBiz. This is > >> always an interesting discussion and I tried to explain the licensing > >> problems with using OpenTaps. The one benefit people had about using > >> OpenTaps is that it has a full CRM application that people can use from the > >> start. OfBiz is more general and requires more customization. > >> > >> * SugarCRM and other similar applications are examples of very large user > >> communities because the application is a complete solution. It is > >> difficult > >> to convince people to use ofbiz because there are pieces that are not > >> complete and require customization. The ability to customize is a benefit > >> for some users but a drawback for others and is a hindrance to wide spread > >> adoption. > >> > >> * Is it possible to break up the components more into separate installable > >> modules. For example, framework versus applications. We discussed how this > >> is currently done but the feedback was to make it easier for people to pick > >> and choose what components to install. > >> > >> * Any plans to integrate a complete rules engine into ofbiz > >> > >> * Version control for release branches. Are they plans to do more frequent > >> releases? The current download of the nightly build is misleading as user > >> think it is a stable release build but it is really just the nightly build > >> from the trunk. > >> > >> * It was stated that OFBiz is a unique apache project as it is focused on > >> business solutions where as most apache projects focus on a single > >> technical > >> problem. How that technology is used in an application is generally > >> irrelevant. OFBiz is different in that it tries to provide a complete > >> solution for businesses and users. The feedback was that in the future it > >> would be nice to attract more end users to the ofbiz apache conference > >> rather than technical people that implement the solution. This was agreed > >> that if there were more complete applications that the user community would > >> grow and all people in the community would benefit. > >> > >> * Another strategy for OFBiz would be to define business best practices > >> and > >> then implement those processes into the applications. This is a difficult > >> task as all businesses are unique but just as ofbiz adopted a common data > >> model there most be common business practices that would benefit all > >> businesses. > >> > >> * Improving the integration of the seleniumXml test framework with the > >> existing ofbiz test framework. Also more examples of tests using the OOTB > >> ofbiz applications would be desired. > >> > >> The above comments are notes that I took during the round table discussion. > >> They are not my own personal opinions but of those of the group. Please > >> feel free to comment on these ideas for the benefit of the community. > >> > >> Overall, the people attending the conference commented that they would like > >> OFBiz to continue to have these each year. They would like to see more > >> users attending the conference in the future. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> > >> Brett > >> > > > > > >
