[kepler-dev] Icons in the *DataSource actors

[Matt Jones]

Regarding negotiation: everything is up for negotiation :)

My only point in our conversation was we needed a visual way to indicate 
that a workfow was ready to run -- or not when the data isn't there.  If 
we move to downloading the data during execution then some of this need 
goes away -- although it would still be nice to indicate to the user 
that a data source is downloading a large data set -- a pie-graph 
progress meter overlayed in the icon would be even better but is 
probably complicated.

Matt

Kevin Ruland wrote:
> Matthew Brooke wrote:
> 
> 
>>Laura (also Kevin & Dan) -
>>
>>Sorry - the states that I know about are 'busy' (currently red), 
>>'ready' (currently yellow) and 'error' (currently pink). Not sure if 
>>there are any more.
>>
> 
> Those are the states:  busy, ready, and error.  BTW - the error color is 
> called "magenta" in the code.
> 
> I think a consistent background icon with some overlays would work 
> fine.  Flashing might be more difficult to do because we'd have to code 
> timers etc and as others have stated can be visually distracting.  I 
> think overlays (text + icon of some kind) would work best.  If we are 
> going to use flashing, then I think an animated overlay would be much 
> more appealing and probably just as difficult to code.
> 
> 
>>I also think I recall seeing a discussion on IRC or by email about 
>>having the datasources *not* get their data before the workflow is run 
>>- was that conversation between Dan and Kevin? Can either of you guys 
>>summarize what you decided?
>>
> 
> 
> I asked Matt about this in the past, and I don't think this feature is 
> up for negotiation.
> 
> 
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