[242] in Moira
client UI design review
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jan 9 18:14:34 1991
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 91 18:13:10 -0500
From: Mark Rosenstein <mar@MIT.EDU>
To: moiradev@MIT.EDU
Cc: rewari%caboom.cbm.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com, carla@MIT.EDU, salemme@MIT.EDU
This is a quick summary of what we talked about:
We will abandon the interface from Pilgram, although the ability to
have only the command buttons visible and have the rest of the
application only appear when it is needed is a desired option.
The actions and objects will appear as buttons or pull-down menus
across the top of the window, as will program options. The bulk of
the window will be a data display area with scrollbar.
Popups will appear for object selection, data entry, and error
reporting.
The data display area will also show the query that generated the
data, so that the user may request that query to be repeated.
Context-sensitive help should be available.
Keyboard accelerators and/or button accelerators for common actions.
Must work well on a monochrome display.
Option to repeat a previous query.
Select an object to modify/delete from the output in the data display
area.
If a field can contain only one of a small number of values, these
possible values should be displayed some way.
The client is designed primarily for the system managers, with minor
attention payed to how regular users would see it.
[desired for future] Operations should give the user an idea of how
much data will be returned without actually performing the query.
[desired for future] Should be able to generate reports from client.
-Mark
