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- indicate clearly that a ''past discussion'' is documented here - point out what is the primary focus for UI design ''currently'' - arrange some links better - use cross-links / Linkfarm; especially cross-link to the discussion regarding Wouter's Workflow proposals (2025)
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Design Documents: GUI
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//MENU: append child GuiDiscussion
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In the early stages of the project, there was a lot of debate regarding
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GUI concepts and -features and proposals. Extended discussions ensued on
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the Mailinglist and several people provided concept drawings.
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-> link:GuiDiscussion/index.html[Here] is a collection of documents from these early
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discussions.
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''''
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In the current phase of the project, the UI conception focuses on a way
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to build the interface in a systematic way, to support complex workflows
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with low friction. The following questions need to be addressed:
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- How to use _Perspectives_, Views, Docking Panels and Layout
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- how to adapt the Layout, ranging from a single Laptop screen to multiple monitors
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- how to allocate and place new views and property panes intelligently
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- how to allow for a coherent navigation scheme that works seamlessly
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and intuitively over a mixture of several _Control Systems_.footnote:[The term »Control System«
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refers to one technical realisation of an human-computer-interface, which is used coherently and
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can coexist with other such interfaces
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-> link:/x/InteractionControl.FoundationConcepts.html[more here]... +
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The most relevant control systems are: Mouse, keyboard, pen, hardware controls, ...]
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- how to build such a link:/x/InteractionControl.html[Layer of Interaction-Control]
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without interfering with the evolution of the underlying UI toolkit ⚠ ...
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NOTE: We use the term *Workflow* in our discussions to denote the more integral
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concerns of how to achieve given tasks within the application in the most
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suitable and stringent fashion. We tend to separate those more global
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considerations from the discussion of individual GUI features. +
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-> link:/x/Workflow.html[more about Workflow...]
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