Re: [Web-erp-developers] design idea

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

I very much agree with the new user and everyday user concept.  The Selects
(or Go to Drop-down)  and hot keys will serve the everyday well.

I'm not saying it's right but unfortunately a program, just like a book,
will be judged by its cover most of the time.  That's why Microsoft does so
well.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rom Pereira" <ro...@pr...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:36 PM
Subject: RE: [Web-erp-developers] design idea


> Dear Phil and All,
>
> > Sorry its taken me a few days to comment on your design work.
>
> It is fine :)
>
> > This design looks great!
>
> Thank you!
>
> > What is the intention with the GO TO selection box?
>
> I noticed that Menu in the top right side (in the stable version, not CVS)
> stays the same all the time. So I thought about putting it on a pull down
so
> it gets less space in the interface.
>
> > One point - design seems to have adopted the old horizontal format.
> > Steve's new design that I recently committed to the CVS is more vertical
> > than the old horizontal way - you may want to have a look at this - I
> > like the fact that we can get more links visible on the page with his
> > way. It makes good use of the whole screen - even works at 600x800.
>
> Well, I did not see the CVS version yet... Please point me the way to get
> there. Some point I can share in my experience is that the interface must
> attend to 2 types of user: the new user and the everyday user. The new
user
> needs to easily get along with the interface. The everyday user needs the
> interface to work as fast as possible as well as efficient as possible to
> them.
>
> I saw the webERP as far as Interface and Navigation in the stable version
as
> follows:
>
> - Modules (payables, receivables, etc)
> - In Module Navigation (that is the main menu link and others) - these
stay
> as the same in all modules
> - Options for each modules (those are unique for each module)
>
> > I have had lectures from Steve about how the visual appeal is important
> > for marketing purposes and getting initial buy in from potential users
> > .... and since everyone will have different view on what looks good I
> > really like the themes idea. This involves a new directory under the css
> > directory all you need to do is tell config.php the name of the new
> > directory (theme) under the css directory and the whole system changes
> > its look! We could even make this different for different users quite
> > easily.
>
> I agree with Steve. Desing today is as important as functionality... You
do
> not wish to buy a Mercedes or a BMW or that wonderful Sport car because
you
> can drive you faster to work... It is because it appeals to you. You like
> it. The same way with an application: you need to like its looks so you
have
> the will to become more acquainted to it...
>
> > This may sound like me pouring cold water over your idea and I
> > desperately don't want to put you off contributing. Its not that your
> > design is not great... it is. However, I must say that I not keen to
> > re-invent the core GUI every couple of months. Re-working old scripts
> > always gives me the nasty negative feeling of "if only I'd done it this
> > way in the first place I wouldn't be wasting time doing it again" - GUI
> > re-invention seems like a never ending circle and I prefer to focus on
> > pushing out the accounting functionality.
>
> No it is fine... The whole idea of copying in some way the stable
interface
> was that we had to only change the header and footer files... It is not in
> my concept having to redo any development in this way, only, of course, if
> we decide so. Please put the stable interface side to side with this one I
> did and you notice that they are the same, just with the positions
changed.
> It will work as a new theme to your stable version.
>
> > Thats not to say that if we can extend the themes concept to allow a few
> > more bells and whistles ... then lets do it!
>
> > Perhaps we should get stuck into the multi-language stuff first then
> > revisit the GUI after that.
>
> Ok :D
>
> Thank you for the comments,
>
> Rom Pereira
>
> On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 17:32, Rom Pereira wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> >
> >
> > It is 2:30 AM here. Quite late and the wife is sleeping already. Best
> > time to work huh?
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, I did some design. Hope you like.
> >
> >
> >
> > Please let me know your input. All comments will be welcome.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you and Best Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Rom Pereira
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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