Re: [Gnumed-devel] Gui - not just a pretty face

[Richard Terry]

Syan,

Not quite sure what you mean by the 'grid method' organisation. Do you mean 
the multiple data entry lines? This is no different to what you do on paper, 
and in fact simplifies the whole concept of program design and data entry 
because everything can be done in the same way. Most of the sections need 
only brief notes anyway.

I'm sure that doctors all over the world do exactly the same thing, write line 
after line after line.

spending more than 20 seconds on a progress notes - of course - thats where 
the SOAP style editor comes into play. You can write as many lines as you 
want in each of the SOAP or whatever lines. My only quibble about the current 
design is it does in fact need more space than Carlos is allocating.

Seems like you may not have absorbed the philosophy behind the editing areas, 
so if you are interested, read again at www.gnumed.net/rterry/Index.htm.

Better still, install wxPtyon2.5 and ask me for the last  gui-demo (which BTW 
I've currently stopped working on as there seems little chance of it being 
implemented, and I can't see the point of spending time on something that is 
not appreciated).

Regards

Richard

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:34 am, catmat wrote:
> Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> >On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 08:46:52AM +1100, E Dodd wrote:
> >>there have been statements made about gui design and no linking code,
> >> some were obviously made late at night when tired.
> >>
> >>the gui is not just a pretty design; it is an ergonomic work system which
> >>richard has developed over years.
> >
> >No doubt. The main sentiment was, however, that 0.1 does
> >neither need to nor can feature the full-blown beauty of his
> >design.
> >
> >There surely is no doubt that all contributions by non-coders
> >are very welcome.
>
> I think the problems are that the Grid like organization of the
> various entry forms is only aesthetically pleasing to some people,
> might have usability problems if one wanted to spend more than
> 20 seconds making a note entry, and maybe a little worry that
> some very well thought out features of the schema will
> get hidden by a gui designed with not much separation
> between conceptual schema and one the specific
> use case of the gui. The oz usefulness of the gui also might
> make it not very useful in another locality.
> On the other hand, it is a very streamlined gui for data entry
> and created in response to a real use case and user working
> environment, so if it were to be connected, its usability might become
> more evident.
>  Q. is usability a matter of taste?
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Gnumed-devel mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel