On 02/04/2010 10:35 PM, Alex Clark wrote: > On 2010-02-04, Charlie Clark <charlie.cl...@clark-consulting.eu> wrote: >> Am 04.02.2010, 13:13 Uhr, schrieb Tres Seaver <tsea...@palladion.com>: >> >>> I think perhaps Robert meant to say that Zope2 would[ no longer use DTML >>> for any part of the ZMI, rather than removing the code which allows >>> users applications to use DTML. >> >> This is something I would like to contribute to as it matches my skillset >> and interests pretty well. From the responses so far it seems that most >> people are so used to the ZMI that no change feels necessary and, let's >> face it, it works well enough. However, for new people coming to Zope the >> 1990nish of it is a bit off-putting: we've got all this cool technology >> underneath but you wouldn't believe it when you look at it. And I don't >> think much is required beyond dropping frames, the table-based layout >> using PageTemplates rather than DTML. I have an open ticket on much the >> same for CMFDefault which is where I will start from (from the point of >> view of separating markup from layout). But my work rate isn't brilliant >> so it would be good to have a sparring partner or two. > > +1, "works fine as is" or "will be dead before long" are not the best > approaches IMO, factoring out the ZMI functionality in to something > that folks can maintain and contribute to in the future if they want > to, is.
Right. It does work as it is and as always we need to pay attention to keep things working. One chance I also see where improvements could happen is that packages might be able to provide UI components that get re-used within the various frameworks. Just a quick thought from my side, though. Christian -- Christian Theune · c...@gocept.com gocept gmbh & co. kg · forsterstraße 29 · 06112 halle (saale) · germany http://gocept.com · tel +49 345 1229889 0 · fax +49 345 1229889 1 Zope and Plone consulting and development _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )