[TYPO3-hci] 4.1 = menubar/iconbar/dashboard; lets go!

Maximo Cuadros mcuadros at gmail.com
Tue Oct 10 18:27:42 CEST 2006


I am interest on help to this group, how i can joint it?

Maybe and can help on any of this task.

Best regards.

On 10/10/06, Kasper Skårhøj <kasper2006 at typo3.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> The week before the TYPO3 conference I spend 5 days playing around
> with prototype library and scriptaculous and implemented the first
> draft for the menu/icon bar we have kind of agree to do. In addition
> I'm trying to see if I can get my head around the framework for a
> dashboard.
>
> At the TYPO3 conference I demonstrated this work in my keynote. You
> can watch that as a podcast next monday.
>
> But for you, I have made a screencast demonstrating it in more
> detail. It can be downloaded here as QuickTime:
>
> http://194.117.233.66/t3dl/typo3_src-4.0.1-kasper101006.tgz
>
> The source code with all this in is available as a TGZ here; it is
> not yet in subversion but will be soon when I figure out some
> problems I have.
>
> http://194.117.233.66/t3dl/HCIscreencast.mov
>
> Deadline should be end of october for the first beta (then usability
> testing!)
>
> These browsers are tested and it works except for the technical
> problems listed below:
> - Windows: MSIE, Opera, Firefox
> - Linux: Firefox, (Konqueror - but BIG exception!)
> - Mac: Firefox, Safari, Opera.
>
> Technical problems:
> - event.stopPropagation() doesn't work in IE
> - hover on divs doesn't work in IE
> - konqueror doesn't show layers over IFRAMES.
> - scroll bar in mozilla on mac penetrates layer.
>
> Generally it feels a bit slow, don't know why. What you your feelings
> when you test it?
>
> Todo:
> - Configuration framework for menu/icon bar: It must be possible for
> users to remove applications in the iconbar or menu bar that they
> just don't need/like.
> - Configurable "pull down menu" app with additional items (URLs,
> wizards, re-organization of it all) + function menu second level
>
>
> I need the HCI team to supply the following answers/work:
> - CSS / JavaScript improvements to my current code
> - Design work to match t3_skin!
> - A discussion around how this framework can be used to deliver out-
> of-the-box usability improvements to end-users
> - Programming of more default applications for the menu/icon bar and
> dashboard; or at least create a catalogue of ideas for such.
>
>
> Usability testing:
> - The aim is to run usability tests on the result and make
> adjustments before we release it!
>
>
>
>
> - kasper
>
> "Necessity is the mother of invention"
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