DHTML/XUL/AJAX [was Re: [OGo-Discuss] user contribs [was Re: [OGo-Users] Default settings for new appointments, tasks...]

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > That doesn't mean that I'm against "Ajax" in the WebUI :-) Though I
> > wonder whether it makes a lot of sense. Going with an IE specific
> > DHTML UI *and* a XUL UI is probably less effort and provides better
> > results.

I don't know.  Our corporate intranet uses a fair amount of AJAX stuff
and we support both IE and Firefox without too much effort.  [Note that
I am *NOT* a web developer,  but I sit about twelve feet from the web
developer.]  We aren't doing anything ridiculously fancy;  mostly
pop-up / pop-down menus, auto-complete fields, and live forms (where
select boxed fill in based upon other entries in the form, etc...).
This isn't radical stuff but it provides a *HUGE* improvement in
usability.

On the other hand, IMHO, the OGo webui is pretty usable, and it uses
Javascript in lots of appropriate places.  

A truly DHTML/XUL interface would be cool. :)

I do however like the "theme", or at least the concepts of the theme,
that Oliver developed.
[ http://bugzilla.opengroupware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=421 -
Note that is a link from the Plone to Bugzilla, as mentioned in the
concurrent thread.  Plone entry is
http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/olivier/NewDock/index_html/view ]
It isn't a massive change but gives the webui a more modern feel and
lets one zoom directly to things like "new contact". And the patches, at
least to my un-expert eye, look pretty straight forward:
http://bugzilla.opengroupware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=422
http://bugzilla.opengroupware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=425
http://bugzilla.opengroupware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=426