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@ -225,32 +225,41 @@ cache xref:caching[<-] and profiling xref:profiling[<-].
The visible Universe
--------------------
Now its time to take a look at the preliminary Lumiera GUI:
image:{l}/images/lumiera_gui_small.png[Current Lumiera GUI Screenshot]
Lumiera consists of three major parts:
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- Processing layer (``Proc-layer'')
- Backend for storage and access
In this section, we discuss the user's perspective, when working with the GUI.
In this section, we discuss the user's perspective when working with the GUI.
Lumiera will initially ship with a standard, default GUI. This, however, is not
the only GUI possible to operate Lumiera. Indeed, Lumiera can work
Although Lumiera will initially ship with a standard, default GUI, we do not presume that this GUI will be suitable for all uses.
We expect there to be multiple, different GUIs, each designed for different kinds of tasks. We expect that some of these will be written by users, and the proc-layer is designed to make this easy.
Indeed, Lumiera can even work
satisfactorily without a GUI, for example, for special purposes
(e.g. as headless rendernode xref:rendernode[<-] or frameserver
xref:frameserver[<-]). At a later stage in the project, scripts will be written
to facilitate automated processing. GUIs geared towards special purposes are
also envisaged later.
xref:frameserver[<-]). Scripts will eventually be written
to facilitate automated processing.
Now it is time to take a look at the preliminary Lumiera GUI:
image:{l}/images/lumiera_gui_small.png[Current Lumiera GUI Screenshot]
We expect this GUI to change once we are at the point of having feedback from actual users.
The screenshot of the GUI presented above is more or less the standard GUI when
it is started for the first time without any user configuration etc. A second
viewer is planned for later to be added to the default. We support a much more
sophisticated screen concept xref:screenconcept[<-] to adapt to different
workplaces and workflows.
// TODO
// The above paragrph isn't all it should be, but I can't tell what it should
// be without seeing it in the context of the other changes I'm making.
// I suspect it's better to discuss how rewritable the GUI is rather than
// the specifics ot the GUI presented above. -- hendrik
At a first glance, the GUI might seem somewhat overwhelming, something similar
to the cockpit of a jumbo jet. However, nearly all the bells and whistles can