Re: [Web-erp-developers] Interface

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

Thought some more.  I changed the font/bold.  Does it look good now?

Steve
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  Its still wrapping - its not a huge deal.

  Phil
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    Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:09 AM
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    Ok, I think the 800x600 should not have Inquiries and Reports =
wrapping underneath the image now which should look better.  At the same =
time I made all the headings look better in positioning.

    Please take another look here http://weberp.gocom.ca to confirm when =
you get a chance.

    Steve
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      Looks better on a 1024x768 than on a 600x800 screen. The inquiries =
and reports heading has to wrap onto two lines.

      The spaced links are less intimidating block of text too.

      Great!


      Notice that the heading/title of the page is missing?

      Phil
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        Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 4:40 AM
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        Refined some more at http://weberp.gocom.ca including spacing =
out the action links.

        Steve
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          Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 9:08 PM
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          By menu items I mean the links to action a specific option.
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            From: skaill=20
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            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

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              Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 4:15 PM
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              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



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                From: skaill=20
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                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