[AG-DEV] Your feedback concerning the AccessGrid GUI

[Jason Bell]

G'day Thibault

Sorry for my late reply, it is just that I have been quite busy.

If I may voice my 2 cents worth, but it is my opinion that the UI of the
AG is a very interesting topic of conversation and depending on who you
talk to, will give you different grips, problems, etc.

Because I have been using the AG for some time, I actually find it easy
to use, but being someone that helps a lot of "new" users, a lot of them
find it un-intuitive.

One suggestion that has been floated around (not sure who thought up the
idea), was to use skins on the Venue client, that way you can hide most
things from the "simple" user and allow advance users to access more
settings!  I believe at this years retreat, some code and examples of
different Venue Clients were provided, see:

http://www.accessgrid.org/developer/example/VenueClientAlternateUI 

and

http://www.accessgrid.org/developer/example/AlternateVenueClients 

Obviously this is a large topic and can talk about it a lot more...  As
I have only highlight one thing that quickly comes to mind.

I would be happy to have an AG session to discuss some ideas, etc.  So
please feel free to contact me further in this regards.

Cheers,
Jason.



-----Original Message-----
From: Thibault Daoulas [mailto:thibault.daoulas at canterbury.ac.nz] 
Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2008 09:25 AM
To: ag-users at mcs.anl.gov; ag-dev at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: [AG-DEV] Your feedback concerning the AccessGrid GUI

Hello everybody!

	I work at the HITLabNZ (Human Interface Technology Laboratory)in
Christchurch, New-Zealand http://www.hitlabnz.org on the AccessGrid
software. 
	I am currently working on its graphical user interface and my
aim is to make it more user-friendly, easy to use, but also flexible and
adapted to what kind of profile uses it (developer, student, average
person), and adapted its use (lectures, presentations, point-to-point
videoconferencing, etc.)
	And that is why you, as an AccessGrid viewer, user, or
developer, have a role to play. Indeed I would like to take a few
seconds or minutes of your time to write down your opinion about the
AccessGrid graphical use. Any comment and suggestion is warmly welcome
concerning everything around the AccessGrid use (VenueClient UI,
Audio/Video Tool, Options, etc.)
	Please send any idea to : thibault.daoulas at hitlabnz.org , each
one will be considered ! Thanks for your contribution to the AccessGrid
improvement,

Best regards,
Thibault.