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Difference between revisions of "E4/Meeting Minutes/Status 20100506"

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* Can a part also be a part container
 
* Can a part also be a part container
 
** Currently parts are model leaves and they don't have children
 
** Currently parts are model leaves and they don't have children
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* Composite parts not a priority for 4.0 but we need to have a story for this in the pure e4 world
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* Extending the model with their own custom model elements
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** People should be able to do this but we're not sure how this is done (Olivier Moises did it?)
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* Susan focusing on what's missing from 4.0 platform to get it up to speed with design mockups
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** Perspective switcher
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** Layout tweaking
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** McQ wants to be able to grab shadows
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* Susan will post a list of priority work items for getting the new look done
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** Refine detail on inactive stack on mouse over
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** Not all aspects of the design will be realized in 4.0 release
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* Searchbox still needs to be fleshed out
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** Potential 3.7 contribution in search we should reconcile with
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** For details see {{bug|304440}}

Revision as of 11:00, 6 May 2010

Attendees

  • Brian de Alwis
  • Dan Rubel
  • John Arthorne
  • McQ
  • Paul Webster
  • Remy Suen
  • Susan McCourt

Status

  • Working on 4.0 builds, being able to install e4 tools into it
  • Change how we make the editor area
  • Make stacks go away when they contain no more views
  • Need to change the model file for the e4 photo demo
  • Working on fixing pet peeves in self-hosting list
  • Confusion about compatibility layer, people think it is distinct from the platform
    • Consider renaming it (e.g., 4.0 workbench implementation)
  • Working on e4 context menu story
    • Challenge is how to do object contributions, control visibility and enablement
  • Decorators are similar in that they are based on user's domain model rather than UI model
  • Boris has ideas about how to handle complex enablement/visibility expressions
  • Dan trying out different plugins on 4.0 builds to see what works
    • Logging bugs for things that don't work
    • Most things that don't work are plugins that used workbench internals
    • Nested editors is an interesting problem
  • Can a part also be a part container
    • Currently parts are model leaves and they don't have children
  • Composite parts not a priority for 4.0 but we need to have a story for this in the pure e4 world
  • Extending the model with their own custom model elements
    • People should be able to do this but we're not sure how this is done (Olivier Moises did it?)
  • Susan focusing on what's missing from 4.0 platform to get it up to speed with design mockups
    • Perspective switcher
    • Layout tweaking
    • McQ wants to be able to grab shadows
  • Susan will post a list of priority work items for getting the new look done
    • Refine detail on inactive stack on mouse over
    • Not all aspects of the design will be realized in 4.0 release
  • Searchbox still needs to be fleshed out
    • Potential 3.7 contribution in search we should reconcile with
    • For details see bug 304440

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