[kepler-dev] [Bug 1331] New: - interface enhancements

[Chad Berkley]

Hey Bertram,

With bugzilla, what you should do is post your comments to the bug in 
bugzilla so we have a record of it.  since this went to the list, there 
is no record of your comments in the bug....but I've replied 
below...we'll have to get used to the bugzilla thing :)

Bertram Ludaescher wrote:
> First: thanks for cross-posting to Kepler dev!
> 
> 
> 
>>>>>>"b" == bugzilla-daemon  <bugzilla-daemon at ecoinformatics.org> writes:
>>>>>
> 
> b> below is a list of GUI enhancements that were noted at the SEV meeting.  Each
> b> needs to be addressed before the interface is really usable.  Some of these bugs
> b> might be Mac specific but most of them are not.  
> b> 
> b> --move actor config to one dialog
> b> --make actor lib searchable
> b> --add metadata to actors for different categorization
> b> --make the actor lib re order itself when you choose a different director...it
> b> should only show actors that work with that director
> 
> wow, that's a tough call (maybe undecidable ;-)
> 
> It requires from each actor developer to annotate what director may
> work.
> This is barely feasible. Also: since actors and directors are largely
> developed  indepdently, this will not show "legacy actors" as being
> usable as new directors come in... 
> 
> maybe the default should be: every  actor works with every director,
> unless otherwise specified...

yeah, that's pretty much what I had decided.  I want to add more 
metadata to each actor to enable this kind of functionality.

> 
> b> --allow output to be viewed on the vergil canvas
> 
> ?? 
> 
> b> --add user documention to each actor
> 
> sure
> 
> b> --make it easier to expose parameters to the run window
> b> --allow actors to have aliases
> b> --remove functionality that domains scientists would not use (EE stuff)
> 
> should be part of the general "customize your library" effort.

yeah

> 
> b> --change paste behavior to force pasted elements to be in the current clipping
> b> view instead of the middle of the canvas
> b> --allow all ports to display port name or have arcs display the name of the
> b> values passed
> b> --when you add a port, don't randomly select the cardinal direction...inputs
> b> should be west, outputs east BY DEFAULT
> b> --make dialogs resize based on screen resolution
> b> --the zoom buttons are totally unintuitive.  they need new icons
> 
> In the recent Ptolemy demos by Steve and Yang, I have seen standard icons

hmm, they must not have made it into a release yet.  that would be nice 
if they already fixed it....I should probably start working from their 
cvs source instead of the release.

> 
> b> --allow ampersands in annotations
> 
> Good that this all has been assigned to Chad ;-)

you just wait!

> 
> Bertram
> 
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Chad Berkley
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