[sldev] New Viewer Shell Proposal

[Chance Unknown]

I second idea that a scripted UI would be a thing of beauty. Make the
root window the backdrop to which our scripted UI components paint
upon.

On 8/15/07, Lawson English <lenglish5 at cox.net> wrote:
> Ben Glenn wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It's been a while since I've posted to the list so I want to start by
> > thanking everyone who's been helping out with efforts to improve
> > usability in the Viewer, either by attending office hours and bug
> > triages, filing and managing bugs in Jira, or sending me useful
> > suggestions via email. It's all incredibly useful, so thanks!
> >
> > But the real reason I'm writing is to let you know about a new
> > initiative to make measurable improvements to the Viewer UI. I posted
> > a high-level project description to the Wiki:
> >
> > https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User_Interface_Improvements
> >
> > The goal of the project is to revamp the overall organization and
> > presentation of commands and tools in the Viewer in order to make the
> > UI less intimidating for new users, while still remaining flexible and
> > extensible enough for power users. I don't have many specifics in
> > terms of schedules and deliverables as of yet but I wanted to get this
> > out there and start gathering Resident feedback as early in the
> > process as possible. Consider this an experiment in "open source UI
> > design." Please feel free to add your comments in-line or on the
> > discussion page. And if you're interested in helping with a particular
> > aspect of the design or implementation, even better!
> >
> > Thanks again and I look forward to working together with you on this
> > important project.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> Saijanai Kuhn here.
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> As you know, I'm a big fan of the power and extensibility of the
> scriptable WoW GUI and client:
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> http://www.wowwiki.com/Widget_API
> http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_API
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> I believe that any new interface should be designed with two goals in
> mind: the utility of the GUI to the end-user at various levels, AND the
> [future] ease of scripting (keeping in mind that most/all of the SL
> client should be scriptable at some point in the future, starting with
> the GUI).
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> Lawson
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