| | 1 | = Project selection in the Manager = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | Currently the Choose Project page in the Manager shows |
| | 4 | an alphabetic list of project names. |
| | 5 | Hovering over a project name brings up a balloon with the project description. |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | This UI is useful only for users who want to |
| | 8 | run a specific project, and who know its name. |
| | 9 | It's not useful, e.g., for users who want to volunteer |
| | 10 | for environment-related projects. |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | Other specific problems: |
| | 13 | |
| | 14 | * Balloons don't wrap (on Win) and text is lost. |
| | 15 | * Funky balloon behavior: they persist even when move mouse. |
| | 16 | * Text is not translatable. |
| | 17 | * Info about project area, subarea, and institution is not shown, |
| | 18 | even though it's available to the manager |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | == Proposed redesign == |
| | 21 | |
| | 22 | * The Choose Project page has left and right panes. |
| | 23 | * The left pane is a scrollable list of project names, |
| | 24 | grouped by area (Biomedicine, Environment, !Astronomy/Physics, etc.), |
| | 25 | alphabetic within area. |
| | 26 | Each area is preceded by a header row. |
| | 27 | * The right pane shows a description of a particular project, including |
| | 28 | * Area |
| | 29 | * Subarea |
| | 30 | * Institution |
| | 31 | * description (scrollable if needed) |
| | 32 | * link to project web site |
| | 33 | * whether project can use your multicore CPU or GPU |
| | 34 | * Hovering over a project name in left pane brings up its info in right pane |
| | 35 | * Everything is translatable (even, potentially, project names). |
| | 36 | |
| | 37 | == Issues == |
| | 38 | |
| | 39 | * Moving the mouse from left to right pane would be tricky. |
| | 40 | Maybe it's better to click on project name rather than hover. |
