Re: [Web-erp-developers] Interface

[skaill <sk...@ro...>]

Refined some more at http://weberp.gocom.ca including spacing out the =
action links.

Steve
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Daintrees=20
  To: web...@li...=20
  Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 9:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [Web-erp-developers] Interface


  By menu items I mean the links to action a specific option.
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: skaill=20
    To: web...@li...=20
    Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:34 AM
    Subject: Re: [Web-erp-developers] Interface


    Have you looked in the past day or two, Phil?  Some of your comments =
may be before I did a bunch of work.  Hopefully you have some time to =
look again.  No question marks anymore and they were only temporary =
before I was going to create a help graphic.  Anyway, I think the way =
you did with the one Help at the top is good as long as we document =
clearly, possibly in the first online help screen, that the help will =
change contextually.  Possibly by the menu items you mean the =
menu_group_items or do you mean the main_menu?

    The menus would be javascript.  However, I believe when I did =
testing in several browsers on this site I created www.goldenwitch.com =
they worked on all.  Some people with various browsers could try going =
to that site to see if the drop-down menus work perfectly.  It is =
minimal and very standard javascript.  I agree with avoiding javascript, =
java and any other language as much as possible but you can't make =
drop-down menus unless you have code at the client side.  I think ALL =
languages besides PHP, HTML and CSS should be optional in the config or =
elsewhere.

    I still have to get up with the cvs thing.  I have it installed but =
haven't tried it out.  When I do something it's all at once so one day =
soon I'll be doing cvs and will send you.

    I saw the user and database in the newest demo.  Something else I =
noticed though was that the Help gave an error.  Can't remember exactly =
where or why right now though.

    Steve

      ----- Original Message -----=20
      From: Daintrees=20
      To: web...@li...=20
      Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 4:15 PM
      Subject: Re: [Web-erp-developers] Interface


      I guess this would be java?
      If it could be made to work in all forms of java then it would be =
a useful addition - I have tried to avoid it so far and have no knowlege =
personally. It is nice not to depend on java for anything. I agree it =
would be good.

      I would like to clean the css if you send me the files.=20

      I like the vertical oreintation of the menus - I think it needs =
some spacing between the menu items - they all merge together.
      As previously mentioned I am not so keen on the preponderance of =
question marks. I think this is probably superseeded following our =
discussion on the help.

      I already added the user and database to the titles - in 2.9


      Phil



        ----- Original Message -----=20
        From: skaill=20
        To: web...@li...=20
        Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 2:35 AM
        Subject: [Web-erp-developers] Interface


        I've been working with the interface quite a bit now.  For those =
who would like to see what I've done go to http://weberp.gocom.ca.  =
Please make many, many comments good or bad.

        While I've been doing this I fixed some incorrect code and =
cleaned it up, especially the css.  There were several places that had =
commands which weren't actually being used and in fact would lead =
someone to think that what they were seeing should be different.  This =
is typical and I'm no exception but I took the time to do some cleanup.  =
I think it is easier to read and understand now.

        Phil, if you like parts of this refined interface or all of it =
we can get it into the base product.  Let me know.

        I'm seriously thinking about adding code that will do drop-down =
menus and allow a user option to specify whether they see the interface =
displayed now or they see drop-down menus.  With the drop-down menus it =
would allow everything to be accessible all the time with little screen =
space taken up.  It also looks pro.  Plus the fast access options become =
basically irrelevant with drop-down menus.

        Steve