On 12/06/14 11:14, Francis Lachapelle wrote:
Hi
Since the release of version 1.0 five years ago, SOGo has gained a lot in
maturity and tons of great features. However, we feel like the UI and UX of the
Web interface have been neglected and deserve a good amount of love. That's why
we have big plans for the next major release of SOGo. We want to leverage the
stability and flexibility of the backend to completely rewrite the front-end
with modern technologies that will allow the evolution of SOGo for another five
years.
The biggest challenge we want to meet is the accessibility of the Web interface
from modern mobile devices. SOGo is already accessible to mobile devices
through CalDAV, CardDAV and ActiveSync, but some users still want to access
their data through a Web browser. That means removing double-clicks and
contextual menus. It also means responsive design and simplified UI for small
screens, all without penalizing desktop users.
We've been analyzing and testing various options for the past few months and we
decided to build the new Web interface with the following open source projects:
- AngularJS (https://angularjs.org/): a powerful open-source web application
framework. The project is already very popular and has a promising future.
- Foundation (http://foundation.zurb.com/): an advanced front-end framework
combining a flexible grid system and a great bare style to build a custom look
and feel.
- Ionic (http://ionicframework.com/): a new framework to build hybrid mobile
apps with HTML5. While our initial goal is to offer a very functional Web
interface to mobile devices, Ionic will ultimately help us to package a native
app of SOGo for Android and iPhone devices.
SOGo is a complex Web application and deserves a serious front-end
architecture. That's why we'll adopt a MVW (model-view-whatever) structure on
the front-end (AngularJS), use Sass to build the CSS (with Foundation), and use
a specific framework for the mobile version of the Web interface (Ionic).
If you are a UX expert, a UI designer or a JavaScript developer and you want to
contribute to the revamp of the Web front-end of SOGo, please contact us. Share
your ideas, sketches and inspirations on what would be the very best open
source groupware for you.
Thanks,
Francis
+1000 !!!!
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