I sent this to the Dev list only, I would be interested in any comments. My thoughts on what a new front-end for VASSAL might look like. This would appear instead of the currenr dialog with the Play/Edit/Load buttons.
Regards. Brent. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 12/09/2007 at 10:32 AM Brent Easton wrote: >>Could you elaborate on that for me? Someday I want to make a pass at >fixing >>all of the little GUI uglies that I see. This might be a good thing to >>tackle as part of that. > >It was all a but fuzzy before, but I know what I want now. > >This encompasses 'RFE: 1633160 Module and logfile management tools' > >Something like the Steam system - A bunch of tabbed screens: > >Home tab: >Friendly front end, probably a web browser page showing the VASSAL Engine >announcements page. > >Repositorys tab: >Shows the different VASSAL repositories you have visited and summary info >about them. We only have the one main repository now, but games that are >stored offsite should be stored in the same 'format' as a 'repository' >that you could supply the address for. Click on a repository to open it. > >Repository tab: >Shows the games available in a repository along with summary information >(version, date modified, author, genre, brief description, size). Allow >sort by any field. Allow searching. Click on a button to download selected >modules. > >My Games tab: >Shows a list of modules you have downloaded with summary information >(version, date modified, author, genre, brief description, size). Double >click on a game to open the Game tab. Modules would be stored in >sub-directories >of a standard games directory. Ability to create a new Module directory and >create and edit a new module. > > >Game Tab: >Display details of module and 'stuff' from the repository. Create and >maintain 'log file directories'. Launch Game. Perhaps display recent log >files created/loaded. Edit Modules/extensions. Enable/Disable Extensions. > >Servers Tab: >List known vassal servers. ____________________________________________________________ Brent Easton Analyst/Programmer University of Western Sydney Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
