[Live-demo] sorting icons

[Judit Mays]

argh - copy paste error - last mail should have read:

Servers
|_ deegree
   |_ start
   |_ stop
|_ geoserver
   |_ start
   |_ stop
...


Judit Mays schrieb:
> Maybe, sorting with start/stop is not very user friendly as the user
> needs to click/navigate through three sub-menus to find out which server
> applications there are.
> 
> An alternative could be:
> 
> Servers
> |_ deegree
>    |_ start
>    |_ start
> |_ geoserver
>    |_ start
>    |_ start
> |_ geonetwork
>    |_ start
>    |_ start
> |_ geomajas
>    |_ start
>    |_ start
> |_ mapserver
>    |_ start
>    |_ start
> |_ mapnik
>    |_ start
>    |_ start
> |_ mapguide
>    |_ start
>    |_ start
> |_ 52n
>    |_ start
>    |_ start
> |_ ...
>    |_ start
>    |_ start
> 
> maybe someone else will come up with a more sophisticated solution?
> 
> Greetings,
> Judit
> 
> Judit Mays schrieb:
>> how about grouping them for "start" and "stop":
>>
>> Servers
>> |_ start
>>    |_ deegree
>>    |_ geoserver
>>    |_ geonetwork
>>    |_ geomajas
>>    |_ mapserver
>>    |_ mapnik
>>    |_ mapguide
>>    |_ 52n
>>    |_ ...
>> |_ stop
>>    |_ deegree
>>    |_ geoserver
>>    |_ geonetwork
>>    |_ geomajas
>>    |_ mapserver
>>    |_ mapnik
>>    |_ mapguide
>>    |_ 52n
>>    |_ ...
>>
>> this would cut the length in half.
>>
>> greetings,
>> Judit
>>
>>
>> Hamish schrieb:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> the Server menu is a bit too heavy with icons (it fails the platoon rule
>>> of no more than approx a dozen objects per level of hierarchy). Can any
>>> of the server app people see a way two split them in to two categories?
>>>
>>> currently we have:
>>>  -Desktop GIS
>>>  -Navigation and Maps
>>>  -Servers
>>>  -Spatial Tools
>>>  -Crisis Management
>>>  -Databases (so far unused)
>>>
>>> With these in the Server menu:
>>> deegree-*
>>> geoserver-*
>>> *geonetwork*
>>> geomajas-*
>>> mapserver
>>> mapnik-*
>>> mapguide*
>>> 52n-*
>>>
>>> (*- typically -Start, -Stop, etc)
>>>
>>>
>>> sub-menus from within the Server menu would be ideal, but I'm short
>>> on time and splitting the category into two is easier. :)
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Hamish
>>>
>>> ps- projects should place their startup icons on the user's Desktop,
>>> they get sorted from there for the menus.
>>>   http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Packaging_conventions
>>>
>>>
>>>

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