RE: [Perfparse-devel] RE: New version 0.100.1pre2

[Cook, G. <GW...@ma...>]

Real busy, can't respond to everything just now...
Didn't ride in any balloons, but the festival was awesome. Pictures at
http://www.televisionbytes.com/gallery/. More to come, haven't posted
them all yet, just the first day.

Let me know what images you want and you know I'll find time to make
them...

Garry W. Cook, CCNA
Network Infrastructure Manager
MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
303.308.6228 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile)

Ben Clewett wrote:
> Hi Garry,
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> Did you get your balloon trip?
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>> Wow. This makes for a very busy graph page.
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> Yes.  I have reduced the spacing and tried to get rid of some
> stuff.  It
> is a mess!
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> I am open to all options to get it a bit cleaner.  I might
> even do two
> pages.  One simple and one complex.  But not this release.  I want to
> 'show off' what PP can do, before hiding it all.  You two gues may
> disagree :)=20
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>> My $.02:
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>> Instead of having a field to change the graph name, how about a small
>> button that says 'Rename Graph' or something.
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> The 'Title' field?  Maybe if I moved it to the bottom.  Or maybe even
> right at the top out of the way of the graph function... ?
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>> Also, I think that the default for scale should be 'Range from
>> Plugin', although the automatic range does seem to work better in
>> some cases.=20
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> Some plugins have no range.  I can leave those at Automatic....
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> To be honest, questions about what default to use will differ
> for every
> user for good reasons.  Instead I want to give the code the
> ability for
> all users to have their own defaults, then we will all be happy.
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> But since you ask, I'll change it...
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>> Shouldn't Range from Plugin Rounded/As Percent be determined by the
>> UOM of the metric? If the UOM is '%', then the Range from plugin
>> should be as percent. If we can do that, then this menu would be
>> less busy.=20
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> Interesting...  If the UOM is '%' and they ask for percentage.  Will
> they get the same scale?  I might have to remove the percent
> options of
> the UOM is '%' or we will get some very interesting email!
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> The percent option is to give more ability for the user.  If they are
> preparing a graph for somebody else to see, they can define the range
> manually and express it as a percentage.
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> Ok, it reminds me of 'Lies, damn lies, and statistics'.  I
> can imagine a
> user setting the range =3D -10 -> 90 and setting as '%'.  But
> that's the
> users choice...
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> What do you think, does the '%' stay or go?
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>> Graphs are loading slower now, I think Yves mentioned some possible
>> fixes for this.
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> Not drawing the smooth plot.  I'll set this as not showing as default.
> This does make a difference now.
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>> To make the top box a little easier to navigate, perhaps the 'Graph
>> Size' drop down menu can be moved down to the 'Draw Graph' Area. This
>> might be a good place for the 'Rename Graph' button/field as well.
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> I am reserving this space for a 'zoom' control.  Zoom In on the left,
> Zoom Out on the right.  This will be a set of .png image containing
> icons and ALT tags which the user can click.
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> In fact Garry, I wondering is you could put together such a collection
> of images if I let you know what I want???
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> Maybe as well if you want, figure out a way of getting all
> these field
> into less space whilst makeing them look better.  Between you office
> moving, buying houses and balloon trips :)
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>> For the Guassion Avg. in the Smooth Plot, it might be good to have
>> some context sensitive help here. Maybe a link (What's this?) back
>> to docs on the PP web site that explain what it means and how it can
>> be used.=20
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> Yes, I was thinking the same.  I learnt to use Gaussian
> Averaging when
> working at a Nuclear research centre in Germany.  (Long story.)  It's
> good stuff, but some help will, err, help...
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> Now,
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> I think I have some more email from Yves...
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> Ben