[Qgis-developer] GUI roadmap for version 2.0

[Larry Shaffer]

Hi Giovanni,

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 8:10 AM, G. Allegri <giohappy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Larry.
> I will try to contribute as soon as I get some free time back after the next
> week deadlines!
> Do you suggest to use the wiky to share comments?

I made another wiki page for improvement ideas:

http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/GUI_improvement_ideas_for_version_20

I also took the liberty of adding Tim's suggestion of a QtDesigner
widget library with unit tests.

All three pages are linked on the main Developer wiki page. I'm
thinking anything from mailing list exchanges or irc chats that should
be jotted down somewhere should go on the ideas page, with more
specific stuff on the audit page, when/were applicable.

After more response from interested developers, I don't see why we
can't call ourselves a team and note it on a wiki page. Maybe a
minimum of first and last name and irc handle, so that any user
looking to contact us knows who might be able to help them.

Right now, devs who have offered help or advice are:

Tim Sutton
Nathan Woodrow
Giovanni Allegri
Werner Macho
Larry Shaffer

Anyone further who can aid with multi-platform testing would be a
bonus down the road.

Regards

Larry

>
> 2012/7/27 Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have created a draft roadmap for the GUI for 2.0. At this time it is
>> > mostly focused on fixing problems, making components consistent and
>> > adherence to HIG for the project [0].
>> >
>> > http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/GUI_roadmap_for_version_20
>> >
>> > If you are interested in helping with this process, or think it should
>> > be done differently than I have outlined, please comment here or on
>> > the wiki. I am open to any and all input or help.
>> >
>> > [0]
>> > http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Developers_Manual#HIG-Human-Interface-Guidelines
>> >
>>
>> Excellent stuff. I think one area we should really focus in on is the
>> creation of a library of reusable widgets that address common memes in
>> QGIS's user interface. There have already been various discssions to
>> this end but the idea still lacks momentum. There are numerouse
>> benefits:
>>
>> - write once use many is efficient use of programmer time
>> - fixing a bug in one place fixes it in all uses of the widget
>> - we can write tests against widgets and know that given ui
>> functionality is working
>> - we can register them as designer widgets to better enable drag 'n
>> drop interface design and limit the number of lines of manual UI
>> construction code we have
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Larry Shaffer
>> > Dakota Cartography
>> > Black Hills, South Dakota
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