[Zope3-dev] Re: New Software Space UI

[Jadran Prodan]

Stephan Richter wrote:
> Well, I think we need a UI for both. We want the Python developer to feel 
> comfortable with the UI and recognize the patterns he is used to from Python 
> development. This means that there should be a distinction between utilities, 
> adapters and views...
> 
> On top of that I would imagine a high-level UI that addresses the direct need 
> for the site manager. We probably need some sort of basic and advanced view 
> for doing this. MS Windows XP's control panel comes to mind. In XP they make 
> the configuration for the average Joe much easier, while still allowing the 
> power user to switch to classic mode, which we all know from the previous 
> version of Windows. Unfortunately, I have not seen such a UI in the Linux 
> world yet to give another example.
At last Plone Conference (Vienna) Jim had a Keynote (The Future of 
Content Management with Zope 3) which present result from Castle Sprint 
2004. He mentioned “hat based UI” which make me think about how we 
(anybody) use Zope? In very different ways:
  - using web page/site/portal,
  - site management,
  - through-the-web development,
  - file system development etc.

This different ways (user’s roles) need different UI and I propose to 
call this “hat based user experience”.

We have to describe (agree on) the set of needs of each of those groups 
of users (which are base on their supposed knowledge). And than 
design/develop...

I know that some of those user roles were described on this list before 
but I think that we need a SF document about Zope3 UI.

I'm using/developing for Zope 2.X and have some understanding of have 
different users use it. But I don't have much of Zope3 zen (interfaces, 
adapters, utilities, views etc.) anyway I like to help to produce such 
SF documentation.

Regards,
Jadran