void pointer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wanting to contribute to the TortoiseSVN project somehow, and I am
> pretty familiar with TortoiseSVN from a usage standpoint. I feel one of
> the areas in TortoiseSVN needing much improvement is the way properties
> are handled. Right now everything is handled the same way: You basically
> type complex logic into edit controls. This takes quite a bit of "ramp
> up" time to figure out and a lot of documentation reading. If we were to
> improve the interface and make it use more UI instead of text-entry, I
> feel it would be more self-explanatory and more user friendly.
>
> I, of course, would like to be the one to implement this so if anyone
> could offer opinions (not just developers, user opinions are just as
> valuable) as to how the UI should look then we might be able to work on
> it. This will be a fairly large task and I do not expect it to be
> implemented quickly, especially since I will have to do some ramping up
> on the code base and all that jazz. I've created some UI mockups using a
> Firefox 3 extension called Pencil <http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/>. It's
> actually a very good mockup tool and I will be presenting mockups (UI
> designs) for discussion. I will do several iterations over the interface
> and figure out what the best direction is based on discussion generated.
>
> Stefan: Do you have a recommended location to post mockups? They will be
> in PNG format. Wherever I post them, I'll be providing links to the
> images here as well as the Pencil source so anyone can edit the mockups
> as well. We might have to use Subversion to manage the original source,
> though, if multiple people will be working on it.
Just attach the png images to your mails. That way, they're archived
with your posts and everyone can see them. Putting the images somewhere
else and just provide a link is dangerous because that link might get
invalid over time.
Stefan
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Received on 2009-02-21 09:41:52 CET