[gephi-dev] Main menu: a new structure

[Sébastien Heymann]

Hello everyone,

I created a pool on the forum to open the discussion to the users:
http://forum.gephi.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=903

Seb

2010/12/26 Sébastien Heymann <sebastien.heymann at gephi.org>

> The software is in beta, so the current users are our beta-testers - don't
> forget it :)
>
> Changes could occur in Gephi 0.8, as it is normal that GUI evolves through
> different versions.
>
> Maybe Graph, Project and Workspace is the same for most of users because
> they are not aware of the differences, and the current UI let them so
> confused that they won't do more! The main problem is between graphs and
> projects. Maybe we could simply merge the two concepts like in Photoshop.
> PSD files contains more information than all other formats for Photoshop
> edition, but they only appear on loading and saving an image. Then the
> "Save" or "Save As" buttons would save only the current workspace if the
> output format is not ".GEPHI".
>
> Finally we could just not use the standard Netbeans menus, if we can't
> rename them.
>
> Seb
>
>
> 2010/12/26 Mathieu Bastian <mathieu.bastian at gmail.com>
>
> I guess I should have a conservative answer, so I will :-)
>>
>> Not sure changing the menu is really important at this point, and though
>> it could help newcomers, it would make existing users confused.
>>
>> Be aware Graph, Project, Workspace this is all the same for at least 50%
>> of users, that xplore only a single graph at a time. Your hierarchy sounds
>> like a good idea, but its driven by programmer's concept.
>>
>> Moreover some of the menus are named by Netbeans (File, Edit, Tools), not
>> sure if we can rename them.
>>
>> Mathieu
>>
>> 2010/12/20 Eduardo Ramos Ibañez <eduramiba at gmail.com>
>>
>> This seems an appropiate idea for me :)
>>> It will mainly help the user to not confuse graph file / gephi project,
>>> specially when opening a graph file or project file.
>>>
>>> 2010/12/21 Sébastien Heymann <sebastien.heymann at gephi.org>
>>>
>>>> Also:
>>>>
>>>> Graph
>>>> -- *Import from Spreadsheet*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2010/12/20 Sébastien Heymann <sebastien.heymann at gephi.org>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I propose a new structure for the Gephi main menu, which is sometime
>>>>> ambiguous. In *italic* are actions that could exist in the future.
>>>>>
>>>>> Project
>>>>> -- New
>>>>> -- Open
>>>>> -- Save
>>>>> -- Save As
>>>>> -- Close
>>>>> -- Exit
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Graph
>>>>> -- Open
>>>>> -- *Open Recent*
>>>>> -- Import from Spigot
>>>>> -- Import from Database
>>>>> -- Generate
>>>>> -- Export
>>>>> -- *Export to Database*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Workspace
>>>>> -- New
>>>>> -- Clean
>>>>> -- Delete
>>>>> -- Rename
>>>>> -- Duplicate
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> View
>>>>> -- *Basic*
>>>>> -- *Advanced*
>>>>> -- Full Screen
>>>>>
>>>>> Window, Plugins and Help remains the same but Tools which should be
>>>>> renamed because of a confusion with graph tools. What about "Platform"?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you agree with it, I'm ready to do the changes =)
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Seb
>>>>>
>>>>
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