[FM Discuss] UI Challenge

[Rebecca Hargrave Malamud]

I have a suggestion that I will pose to the group -

Designing a new UI for this purpose is an interesting challenge (and one 
that personally intrigues me) - I am running a bit short on cycles that 
I can devote to SRAs[1] ... but if someone does not pick up the 
challenge first, I will as soon as feasibly possible.

In the interim might it be easier to create a tutorial based on what is 
possible now? I seem to remember you asking for screencasts for a 
different purpose awhile back (for fundraising purposes). Christopher 
(the RDC mentee working on the CSS) has been experimenting with 
CamStudio to good effect: http://camstudio.org/ ... since he will be the 
one putting this last piece through its paces, I think he could provide 
you with a temporary solution to document the process that suits your 
needs now.

He is with me for the month of September since he started the program a 
bit late, and he is eager to help!

Rebecca Malamud

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[1] Socially Responsible Acts :-)

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> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:42:41 +0200
> From: adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
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> Subject: [FM Discuss] UI Challenge
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> okedoke....
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> so, the series of challenge posts asking for help with css, python, js
> etc has been really super. we have solved a lot of things this way with
> advice and help from the community (thats you :)
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> so...big big thanks to everyone that has come to the assistance of booki
> through these mails :)
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> so...i thought i would take this a step further and put rather a bigger
> challenge on the table. I have stepped back and observed how Booki has
> been used for pdf design - seeing how people (ie. Mushon and the RDC)
> are solving these issues. There has been some pretty cool things come
> out of this. Mushon in particular has been very active on the dev list
> (http://lists.flossmanuals.net/listinfo.cgi/booki-dev-flossmanuals.net)
> and helped us work out a lot of issues AND he has made some big strides
> forward with experimenting with CSS and book design using Booki/Objavi
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> RDC and James are also doing great exploratory work in this area as you
> have seen through the posts to the list. 
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> One thing that strikes me, is that I think we need to consider providing
> an interface to assist people design pdf using the booki export tab...
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> im not sure what this would look like...but i think its clear that both
> Mushon and RDC have struggled a little coming to terms with what is and
> isnt possible using CSS for designing books and so it seems somehow we
> need to provide support for this process with a more 'intuitive'
> interface...
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> any ideas?...anyone want to take a stab at some interface proposals and
> put some images online (or a 'dummy' static webpage as an example of the
> UI)... 
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> adam
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