[sword-devel] Re: OSIS Web tool

[Chad Uretsky]

I would like to help out, especially since I think so highly of the Sword
Project, but I have to admit that I'm quite busy at this time.  I will give
as much input as time allows.

In Christ,
Chad



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Troy A. Griffitts" <scribe@crosswire.org>
To: <sword-devel@crosswire.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Re: OSIS Web tool


> Andrew,
> Both (pretty, and expressions of what confused you) are very valuable.
>   I've demo'd it to a number of people and watched as they pondered what
> to do.  It makes you want to yell, "Just click on....!!!".  But I don't
> know how to visually lead them to the controls pertinent for each
> screen.  We've had suggestions, for example, on the passage study page,
> to surround: "Passage Study", the current Bible and where to change it,
> current verse and verse navigation, with some kind of swoosh graphic-- 
> kindof saying, "On this screen, these are the important pieces of
> navigation"
>
> But I don't know.  I don't think anyone would say that I'm a very good
> UI designer.
>
> So, please suggest!  And any contributions would be greatly appreciated.
>   There are a number of us with 'sandboxes' set up so we can play with
> the pages and show our ideas.  Let me know if you're volunteering to
> have a go at some stuff.
>
> -Troy.
>
>
>
> Andrew Vardeman wrote:
> > I think it looks decent (nice and clean, maybe not flashy but certainly
not ugly).  I agree it can be a bit confusing on first use.  Which was their
priority--colors and graphics or functional UI improvements?
> >
> > I can do pretty, but slower than any "real" designer.  If they're
thinking more functionally, I could at least express what confused me and
offer suggestions for improvement.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 03:00PM, Troy A. Griffitts
<scribe@crosswire.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Just what should be an obvious correction:
> >>
> >>-and are not looking for people to make it look pretty
> >>+and are now looking for people to make it look pretty
> >>
> >>
> >>Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hey guys.  We've finished up about 80% of the functionality for the web
> >>>tool and are not looking for people to make it look pretty / work more
> >>>intuitively.
> >>>
> >>>ABS is happy with the functionality, but they are about to go out and
> >>>pay someone to redesign the user interface.  I'd hate for us to have
> >>>spent so much time on the real meat of the project to offer this as a
> >>>free gift to them, and then they have to go pay someone to add colors
> >>>and graphics.
> >>>
> >>>Any volunteers would be greatly appreciated by ABS and me, as well.
> >>>
> >>>Here's the link:
> >>>
> >>>http://www.crosswire.org/sword/biblenew/
> >>>
> >>>Thank you for your consideration.
> >>>
> >>>    -Troy.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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