Re: [Demexp-dev] [RFC] Using a file browser as demexp GUI?

[echarp]

  The file system mapping is a superb idea. You could also go for
  mailingList/newsgroup/forum mappings.

  Of course a true hierarchy might be more powerfull. Not just tags
  under which are questions, but texts under texts under texts..., to
  each one are associated possible answers. To each answer are
  associated votes.

  To me, the tags/keywords seem like a strange kludge. Why this
  bottleneck? Why use them for delegations? Why not a simpler hierarchy
  that would/could map to a simple text (/part/chapter/section/...)?

  manu


On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 03:08:36PM +0200, David MENTRE wrote:
> [RFC stand for Request For Comments]
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to have your advice on following point.
> 
> I'm thinking seriously at using the native file browser of the desktop
> machine as a client for demexp. That would enable easy integration
> with LFS (Logical File System) and would relieve us of most GUI issues
> (the hard graphical parts is done by the OS and desktop applications,
> we only write generic parts emulating files and folders).
> 
> The details are on the Wiki and reproduced below.
> 
> What do you think of it?
> 
> http://jm.trivial.free.fr/wiki/wakka.php?wiki=ErgonomieDemexp
> 
>     *  use directly a filesystem and an OS browser to navigate through
> the position base. Technically, we can do that if the client appears
> locally as a WebDAV server. Files types ensure we can vote and/or see
> needed information, with appropriate helper applications.
>           o the classification (tags and questions) appears as a set
> of folders and files
>           o when double-clicking on a question file, we can vote on a question
> 
> 
> The main issue is how to differentiate between seeing a question and
> voting on it. How to display it? As two different files? And how to
> display information specific to a question? Into a sub-folder?
> 
> And how to delegate? Put the question in a delegation folder inside
> the folder of the delegate?
> 
> And how to classify? Move a question into a tag folder?
> 
> Yours,
> d.
> 
> 
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