Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP 1.2 Beta vs Openjump Nightly Build

2007-07-19 Thread Stefan Steiniger
Hei Paul, about the file loading: it is not clear to me why you think we need both (open file and add layer), but it is clear to me that we need both in the background. Anyway, as you implement the changes, it is your decission! I was only proposing something that i found of high "usuability". S

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP 1.2 Beta vs Openjump Nightly Build

2007-07-18 Thread Paul Austin
Stefan, I can see the need for two approaches to adding layers, both of them provide a simple approach to loading data 1. Open File.. * This is what I'm currently working on * Behaves like any Open File.. menu item/toolbar button in MS Word and other apps

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP 1.2 Beta vs Openjump Nightly Build

2007-07-18 Thread Larry Becker
Hi Stefan, That seems like a great UI concept. Perhaps we could use something like it as an Add Layer Wizard. regards, Larry On 7/25/07, Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hei Paul, > > find attached a screenshot from Cadcorp SIS 6.1 > > it contains the tab concept on the left (4 t

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP 1.2 Beta vs Openjump Nightly Build

2007-07-17 Thread Larry Becker
>I've attached a screen shot as a teaser for what I've been working on. consider me teased. :-) Larry On 7/17/07, Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wow.. > > but lets see how the look and feel will be (it looks in the screenshot > pretty much like eclipse which is not that probably

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP 1.2 Beta vs Openjump Nightly Build

2007-07-17 Thread Paul Austin
Hi Stefan, I'm using the docking windows framework from www.infonode.net. They have a good demo of what you can do with the framework. With it you can stack the views together into a series of tabs and generally just drag things around to the location that suits the way you work. Another nice

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP 1.2 Beta vs Openjump Nightly Build

2007-07-17 Thread Stefan Steiniger
sorry for my english.. i changed the sentence afterwards: right form: but lets see how the look and feel will be (it looks in the screenshot pretty much like eclipse. That type of GUI ordering probably has low usuability for the non-devloping-enduser due to an possible information overload) ste

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP 1.2 Beta vs Openjump Nightly Build

2007-07-17 Thread Stefan Steiniger
wow.. but lets see how the look and feel will be (it looks in the screenshot pretty much like eclipse which is not that probably a low usuability for the non-devloping-enduser due to an information overload) but if all windows except the map window are "stackable" (term ?) into one window usin

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP 1.2 Beta vs Openjump Nightly Build

2007-07-17 Thread Stefan Steiniger
Hei, i am actually nearly back to business. I submitted my work by end of last week. i thought about the proposal from Peppe over the weekend, but i have not even decided yet for myself. what we could do is to make (fast) a new release with the improvements. But... *) it should not be 1.2, sin

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJUMP 1.2 Beta vs Openjump Nightly Build

2007-07-17 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Peppe, As you can see, our project could benefit from a little more organized approach to releases. However, I typically defer to Stefan in this particular area, so I will let him respond to your post if he is not too busy. The Sunburned Surveyor On 7/16/07, Giuseppe Aruta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w