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

[Sebastian Hilbert]

On Monday 14 March 2005 04:05, Richard Terry wrote:

> 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).
Richarrd,
Does that mean you are not working on the GUI at all any more or does it mean 
you stopped developing proof of concept code for the time being? Don't get me 
wrong here but from what I read your code is the base of what Ian is working 
on. How is he supposed to beautify your code/concepts if you stopped working 
on them?

Never mind if you shifted your effort towards implementation of a subset of 
your concept e.g. demographics or emr browser, soap entry, whatever.

Sebastian
>
> 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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