[Live-demo] sorting icons

[Judit Mays]

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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