[deepamehta-users] Possible improvements on DeepaMehta webinterface

[Malte Reissig]

Hi,

here are a few more issues i identified when working with the 
webinterface. Please consider to integrate some of the proposals into 
your next milestone (continuing the numbering from my last mail, see below).

6 In some cases the "What's Related" Area on the Page Panel blocks the 
Browser/Webclient completely for a long (felt) time
    https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/643

You might have experienced this when revealing a workspace topic (as 
that has usually pretty fast many topics associated).

7 Easify revealing of a specific Type (Topic or Association Type)
    https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1042

8 Select on from a list of many hundreds through typing
    https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/330

I especially wanted to invite you to discuss a general solution for Nr. 
6. I currently have no really good idea on how to get this improved 
(without having paging or loading just a few hundred items at max which 
we discarded some time ago). I favor a huge "What's related"-Button at 
the end of the page panel which loads the topics on-demand and in-place.

Since introducing Tabs are now in the discussion, moving all related 
topics into a "What's related?" Tab could solve this issue, too (the 
browser window suddenly freezing and blocking any action for 10-20 secs).

You can find the trac ticket for Nr. 6 at 
https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/643

At first i found that certain Topicmaps in the "DM4 Improvement" 
workspace showed just too much information for me (as a person who just 
wanted to join the talk) so i left. Now, after taking some time off and 
trying again it felt a bit easier to read and work with them. Probably 
because i looked around and saw them once before :)

Nice greetings,

M

On 14.12.2016 19:40, Malte Reissig wrote:
>
> Hi Jörg, Hi Ingo,
>
> thanks a lot for your work! For example, I really do appreciate the 
> new improvement that topicmaps are now sorted in the Topicmap Menu.
>
> I've added five wishes i collected over the last two years to the 
> topicmap "06 Search" (https://my.deepamehta.de/topicmap/54135).
>
> 1 Display context information of search result items
> https://my.deepamehta.de/topicmap/54135/topic/76850
>
> 2 Filter "By Text" search results by type
> https://my.deepamehta.de/topicmap/54135/topic/76875
>
> 3 Introduce "By Text" search phrase options as user interface elements
> https://my.deepamehta.de/topicmap/54135/topic/76900
>
> 4 Include file topics in "By Text" search results (matching their 
> filename)
> https://my.deepamehta.de/topicmap/54135/topic/76925
>
> 5 Sort of search results by modification or creation date
> https://my.deepamehta.de/topicmap/54135/topic/76825
>
> If i would need to prioritize these wishes i would say 1 would be the 
> most useful, then 4 and 3, then 5 and then 1.
>
> Thanks a ton for making DM4 better!
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Malte
>
> On 04.12.2016 00:49, Jörg Richter wrote:
>> Hi Ingo,
>>
>> thank you very much for coming up with these suggestions!
>>
>> To further operationalize your suggestions I've created tickets from them (resp. point to existing tickets). And I did some prioritization, and a rough roadmap.
>>
>> As the most important major improvements I see these 2:
>>
>> 	Building composite types should be easier:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1045
>>
>> 	Organize Detail Panel with tabs:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1046
>>
>> These 2 could be the main features of the 2 next DM major releases (that is 4.9 and 4.10) respectively.
>>
>> I guess the 1st one (the type builder) would to be realized best, if we redesign the Webclient's general Search and Create features first. For doing that I'm very inspired by a design idea Gerben realized in his Web Memex front-end.
>>
>> The following 3 I regard as minor features/fixes which could be realized very soon:
>>
>> 	Avoid unwanted child topics to be revealed:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/624
>>
>> 	Search result is displayed twice:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1049
>>
>> 	Add creation date to search topic:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/502
>>
>> So far for what I see realizable in the near future.
>>
>> The remaining tasks are either too big for the moment and I would like to postpone them, or they seem of minor importance. (Of course all are important but the aim of this mail is operationalization, right?)
>>
>> 	Add "Smart Searches":
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1047
>>
>> 	3 search scopes: global, workspace, topicmap:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1048
>>
>> 	Multiselect Topics:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/917
>>
>> 	No consistent behaviour when clicking on links:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1050
>>
>> 	Configure background color on a per-topic-type basis:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1051
>>
>> 	Canvas: user definable box width:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1052
>>
>> 	Canvas: optionally render assocs with type name:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1053
>>
>> 	Canvas: visualize associations with arrow endings:
>> 	https://trac.deepamehta.de/ticket/1054
>>
>> Ingo, I'm amazed about your thoughtful suggestions and how you documented them in your meticulously crafted topicmaps! I think many DM users will benefit from your suggestions, and I'm keen to see the first part of them realized soon.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jörg
>>
>>
>>> On 27 Oct 2016, at 23:42, Ingo Rau<ingo.rau at econauten.de>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> recently we discussed how the DM webclient could be improved - especially when modelling new topic types but also when entering data with topic instances. I have started a workspace 'DM4 Improvements' which I have swithed to public mode. You can start exploring here:https://my.deepamehta.de/topicmap/58556
>>>
>>> Be aware that all this is work in progress and that none of the improvements have been decided about yet. They are ment to be the base of disussions and definitely need further reviewing and prioritisation.
>>>
>>> I have created several topicmaps within the workspace to group aspects. In some cases I have created examples directly on the map to clarify my ideas. I made use of colored notes (red an green) to differentiate between "what is not ideal" and "userstory" on how it could be improved. That way I hope facilitate deriving trac tickets.
>>>
>>> That's it for now. Go on and explore. I will keep you updated on further content added. Please contact me If you wish to contribute. I will then add you as a member to the workspace.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Ingo
>>>
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