[kepler-dev] Re: Kepler Bugzilla Bugs

[Matt Jones]

excellent, thanks.. I annotated a couple of the bugs as well so that 
they contain links to existing related bugs.  Most significantly bug 2033.

Matt

Laura L. Downey wrote:
> Thanks Dan.  I’ve finished putting the rest of the bugs in from both 
> reports and also some others I had noted from my original assessment.  
> As you can see I’ve been a busy bee. ;-)
> 
>  
> 
> Okay Matt, so now I think everything is currently in bugzilla, even some 
> features we may not implement or that will come later but I wanted to 
> get everything down so everything gets considered in whatever planning 
> processes.
> 
>  
> 
> Laura L. Downey
> Senior Usability Engineer
> LTER Network Office
> Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
> 1 University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
> 505.277.3157 phone
> 
> 505.277-2541 fax
> ldowney at lternet.edu <mailto:ldowney at lternet.edu>
> 
>  
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> *From:* Dan Higgins [mailto:higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu]
> *Sent:* Friday, March 11, 2005 12:05 PM
> *To:* Laura L. Downey
> *Cc:* Matt Jones
> *Subject:* Kepler Bugzilla Bugs
> 
>  
> 
> Laura,
>     Matt had passed on the comment that several of the bugs you reported 
> in your usability report were not in Bugzilla. I had thought I had 
> entered them, but I must admit that looking at Bugzilla, there are 
> several that appear to be missing. So, going back to your Dec Usability 
> Report (see below), I have tried to enter ones that should be there. 
> Some have already been fixed (indicated below). If there are others that 
> I have missed, please let me know (Or feel free to enter them directly 
> in Bugzilla yourself - this might result in a better explanation than I 
> can give (e.g see the last Recommendation below)
> 
> Dan
> 
> *Recommendations*
> 
> ·        _HIGH_ - Incorporate the ability to include 
> functionality/libraries from external programs (e.g. R and/or S+) as 
> actors in Kepler
> (Bug #1342 - being worked on!)
> 
> ·        _HIGH _- Provide better user documentation such as a cheat 
> sheet listing all the actors and their functions along with a cookbook 
> on how to quickly start building scientific workflows and the basics on 
> wrapping actors
> (Bug #1901 - Documentation system)
> 
> ·        _HIGH _- Fix known usability showstoppers (bugs were filed for 
> these items):
> 
> o       To get ports to display on an actor, sometimes you have to move 
> the actor - FIXED
> 
> o       Fix search so that it can handle simultaneous searches without 
> timing out - FIXED
> 
> o       Fix possible caching problem (workflow runs correctly before 
> saving, but after saving, gives a null pointer exception.) - FIXED 
> (cannot reproduced in current version)
> 
> o       Fix tool tips issues - Bug 1844
> 
> o       Fix left pane re-sizing problem - FIXED
> 
> o       Fix copy/paste overlay problems - FIXED
> 
> ·        _HIGH_ - Provide real-time feedback for workflow progress as a 
> default. (NEW BUG - #2008)
> 
> ·        _HIGH_ - Provide a cancel for the search function (NEW BUG - #2009)
> 
> ·        _HIGH _- Provide a clear/reset for the search function (already 
> added to Actor tab, but not Data tab (see#1998) (NEW BUG - #2010)
> 
> ·        _HIGH _- Provide standard cut, copy, paste, delete on right 
> click menus (NEW BUG - #2011)
> 
> ·        _HIGH _- Incorporate combo boxes with pick lists in as many 
> places as possible to minimize user typing and provide knowledge of 
> acceptable choices (NEW BUG - #2012)
> 
> ·        Allow case insensitive user input (NEW BUG - #2013)
> 
> ·        Disallow editing of the schema since users can’t really change  
> the schema of the data (NEW BUG - #2014)
> 
> ·        Link annotation of actor to actor instead of it being some free 
> floating text object (Bug #2005)
> 
> ·        Rename “create hierarchy” function (e.g., create composite or 
> create composite actor) (NEW BUG - #2016) (part of overall menu renaming 
> effort?)
> 
> ·        Provide meaningful error messages (NEW BUG - #2015)
> 
> ·        Remove redundant labeling (no need to append the name of the 
> directory to items listed in a directory, e.g., Director directory with 
> item of SDF Director) - Unclear (to me) what is meant here - in the 
> tooltip? If so, the path is needed to identify the actor class.
> 
> 
> 
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