Hi David, I suggest the creation of specialized handlers for the platform from Adobe, Flex.Being practical, Remote Objects. Even easier, create libraries of custom implementation, as are the layers below (Screen, Form, Menu, Tree). I am a potential contributor in this process.
Rodrigo 2010/3/11 Bruno Busco <bruno.bu...@gmail.com> > Hi David, > 1) A PortalPage widget would be useful in order to easily add > user-customizable areas in every screen > 2) We need a way to have components to extend the UI of the components they > depend on. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3373 > 3) A collapsible left column (containing a PortalPage widget) would allow > to > have more information on the screen > 4) Generally more consistency. All the screens of all applications should > be > more similar in the layout > > -Bruno > > > 2010/3/11 David E Jones <d...@me.com> > > > > > If you could change anything about the user interface tier in OFBiz > > (basically the ControlServlet, the various widgets (Screen, Form, Menu, > > Tree), the separate webapps, actions in (or not in) groovy, etc), what > would > > you change? > > > > All comments are welcome. If there is another tool you'd like to see used > > instead of the Screen Widget (for example), please describe what you like > > about it (like "I like to orchestrate my web pages using Java classes" or > "I > > like having fewer/more/bigger/smaller files" or "I hate having to declare > > every request and view" or "I wish the screens used included screens > > top-down instead of the bottom-up decorator pattern") instead of just > > mentioning the tool (like "let's use Struts!"). > > > > Why am I asking? This topic comes up every once in a while, and it's true > > that many suggestions never get enough support to actually happen (or on > > further research it is decided that the idea is not tenable), but > > brainstorming about them to get ideas in the open is still a great thing. > > The history of OFBiz is full of things like this where users and more > casual > > contributors had ideas and saw possibilities that others, even more > involved > > contributors, totally missed or never looked at that way. What I think > would > > be fun, and ultimately useful too, is to keep this mostly to > brainstorming > > and not do too much comparing of ideas. > > > > BTW, if you want to brainstorm about another tier (ie the Data or Logic > > tiers) please use the other threads on those. If you'd like to discuss > > things that aren't specific to a tier look for the "General" thread. > > > > -David > > > > >
