[hobbit] Input needed from all of you.

[Tom Georgoulias]

I like what you've done to the interface, it looks fresher and loses the 
outdated BB GUI, but remains clean, simple, and fast.  I would be quite 
happy if your changes and overall appearance were used for the next 
interation of the GUI.  The code is done, you've proven they work, and 
it would provide a positive step in the right direction.  I would prefer 
that major overhauls of the GUI be documented in a project roadmap and 
scheduled for a future, major release.

Tom

On 07/05/2010 10:44 AM, Taylor, Robert wrote:
> In my opinion, the only problems with the current interface are:
>
> 1.  it's difficult to customize to the taste of the user.  Aside from
> things like header or footer changes, you've got to change the source
> code, re-compile and deploy to see a change.  Hence the reason that I
> went through everything to add CSS capabilities so I didn't need to
> recompile everything.
>
> 2.  The interface is simply a little dated.  Most of this goes back
> to the 90's with Big Brother.  That's not to say that being thin and
> fast is a bad thing, but everything needs a makeover now and then to
> incorporate items that simply didn't exist at the inception.  Even
> Volkswagen change the Beetle which was neither thin nor fast.
>
> 3.  Although PURELY cosmetic, the current interface doesn't always
> portray the most "professional" look to those that might not
> understand what they are looking for, but expect and IT department to
> use professional tools.  This doesn't have to be a 100K application,
> but it's probably time that the animated smiley faces go away or at
> least give the user the option of it.
>
> Again, these are the three fundamental reasons that we changed our
> UI.  It's still thin and loads very fast, but when someone looks at
> it, their first impression isn't open source.
>
> I'd love the app to be PHP based instead of HTML so that it could do
> a little more processing of what was/is being displayed, but that's
> another discussion.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman
> [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010
> 10:33 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Input needed from
> all of you.
>
> Excellent point, which brings me to ask a very good question:
>
> What doesn't work about the current interface?
>
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> continue that counts." --- Winston Churchill
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> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 10:28 AM,<wshart at hormel.com>  wrote:
>> I haven't been following this thread real closely, however I want
>> to throw up a bit of a warning.
>>
>> It's all fine and dandy to develop a wiz-bang page that looks great
>> on your 15000x240000 screens, but remember day-to-day usage is not
>> necessarily the critical time when you will be using the product.
>> I see a lot of use from people who don't normally leverage it
>> during disaster times. This is not a good time to have to worry
>> about the screen resolution.  Many times a 15" CRT is all that is
>> sitting around and what we are forced to use short term because
>> it's all we can find.  If the page is formatted for a monster
>> screen it's going to be very difficult to get a good picture of
>> where we actually stand.
>>
>> It could just be the situations I've been in where this comes into
>> play and no one else ever has to worry about it, but I have seen
>> it happen a number of times, so my vote is to stick with the simple
>> and fast rendering pages that anything can view.  Or possibly offer
>> up an option so both sets of pages are still available.
>>
>> Bill Hart
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From:   "Neil Franken"<nfranken at theunlimitedworld.co.za>
>> To:<hobbit at hswn.dk> Date:   07/05/2010 09:16 AM Subject:        RE:
>> [hobbit] Input needed from all of you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cool Guys.
>>
>> From what I can see we will need a fluid layout for PC's. We would
>> need some other layouts for mobile devices. Thanks for the
>> information.
>>
>> Regards Neil
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Arlofski
>> [mailto:waa-hobbitml at revpol.com] Sent: 05 July 2010 04:00 PM To:
>> hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Input needed from all of you.
>>
>> On 07/05/10 05:09, Neil Franken wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> As we are in a planning stage I need YOUR help. One of the things
>>> we have on our hit list is the web interface(might be for a
>>> later
>> release).
>>> Here is how you can help. Send me the resolutions of the screen
>>> you
>> most
>>> commonly use to view your Xymon pages. This information will
>>> help greatly with the development going further.
>>>
>>> Regards Neil
>>
>> Hi Neil... I see a lot of people listing high resolutions -  like
>> my two screens @ 1680x1050 each...
>>
>> But let's not forget about my Nokia N900 @ 800x480 and other
>> mobile devices when considering redesigns. Some of my clients VPN
>> into their networks and use their iPhone to check their Xymon
>> status.
>>
>> Thanks!  :)
>>
>> -- Bill Arlofski Reverse Polarity, LLC http://www.revpol.com/
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