Difference between revisions of "Version 2"

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* It seems there are too many windows when we start VisTrails. What about only showing the main window? And fire the spreadsheet and inspector only when 'needed'? for the inspector, when a vt is open and a wf is selected, and for the spreadsheet when a workflow is run.
* It seems there are too many windows when we start VisTrails. What about only showing the main window? And fire the spreadsheet and inspector only when 'needed'? for the inspector, when a vt is open and a wf is selected, and for the spreadsheet when a workflow is run.
** [DK] What do you mean by windows?  The tabbed windows or the fact that there is a builder window, "utility" window, and a spreadsheet window? [JF] The latter: 3 windows popup when I start VisTrais: the builder, the inspector and the spreadsheet.
** [DK] What do you mean by windows?  The tabbed windows or the fact that there is a builder window, "utility" window, and a spreadsheet window?
 
** [JF] The latter: 3 windows popup when I start VisTrais: the builder, the inspector and the spreadsheet.<br>
[DK] Many of the windows in the "utility" window are not dependent on a workflow (for example, the console and messages tabs).  We could however, not display them until a user asks to see the given view. [JF] This is what I meant.
** [DK] Many of the windows in the "utility" window are not dependent on a workflow (for example, the console and messages tabs).  We could however, not display them until a user asks to see the given view.  
 
** [JF] This is what I meant.


* I noticed that the picture-in-picture disappeared. I think that is helpful to give context. At least when we are displaying a workflow, it is useful to see the version tree.
* I noticed that the picture-in-picture disappeared. I think that is helpful to give context. At least when we are displaying a workflow, it is useful to see the version tree.
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** [DK] In the v2.0 branch, the tab shows this.  I have it display "Pipeline: alias" or "Pipeline: ROOT + 3". [JF] Ok.
** [DK] In the v2.0 branch, the tab shows this.  I have it display "Pipeline: alias" or "Pipeline: ROOT + 3". [JF] Ok.
** [ES] Dave, it doesn't show anymore. I remember seeing the tab before, but I've just checked out v2.0 and I can't see it either.
** [ES] Dave, it doesn't show anymore. I remember seeing the tab before, but I've just checked out v2.0 and I can't see it either.
** [DK] Right, when there is only a single tab, I hide the tab bar.  You can see the titles when if you create a new view (Ctrl/Cmd+T)


* When I click on the workflow tab (in the main window,lower left corner) it always shows an "untitled.vt". This looks like a bug... And if I click on  untitled.vt, nothing happens.
* When I click on the workflow tab (in the main window,lower left corner) it always shows an "untitled.vt". This looks like a bug... And if I click on  untitled.vt, nothing happens.

Revision as of 23:10, 17 May 2011

This page is setup to address and track issues with the new VisTrails 2.0 construction. Please add comments or new issues to this page.

Juliana's notes about new interface

  • It seems there are too many windows when we start VisTrails. What about only showing the main window? And fire the spreadsheet and inspector only when 'needed'? for the inspector, when a vt is open and a wf is selected, and for the spreadsheet when a workflow is run.
    • [DK] What do you mean by windows? The tabbed windows or the fact that there is a builder window, "utility" window, and a spreadsheet window?
    • [JF] The latter: 3 windows popup when I start VisTrais: the builder, the inspector and the spreadsheet.
    • [DK] Many of the windows in the "utility" window are not dependent on a workflow (for example, the console and messages tabs). We could however, not display them until a user asks to see the given view.
    • [JF] This is what I meant.
  • I noticed that the picture-in-picture disappeared. I think that is helpful to give context. At least when we are displaying a workflow, it is useful to see the version tree.
    • [DK] I think it was too small to be useful. I can see the argument for being able to see both, but I think we need more real estate than the PIP had; perhaps we allow the History View to be shown as a tab on the left or as a detached view? [JF] the only issue here is whether this will be too busy
  • We need some indication of which workflow is being displayed. Somewhere, we should display the label that identifies the workflow
    • [DK] In the v2.0 branch, the tab shows this. I have it display "Pipeline: alias" or "Pipeline: ROOT + 3". [JF] Ok.
    • [ES] Dave, it doesn't show anymore. I remember seeing the tab before, but I've just checked out v2.0 and I can't see it either.
    • [DK] Right, when there is only a single tab, I hide the tab bar. You can see the titles when if you create a new view (Ctrl/Cmd+T)
  • When I click on the workflow tab (in the main window,lower left corner) it always shows an "untitled.vt". This looks like a bug... And if I click on untitled.vt, nothing happens.
    • [DK] Yes, Emanuele mentioned this at the meeting. I'm also not happy with the current interface.

Juliana's notes about the mashup functionality

  • Since it is not possible to create aliases with the current 2.0, I used 1.6 to create aliases for brain.vt. But when I loaded brain.vt into the 2.0 version and selected the mashup inspector, no aliases were shown [JF] My bad: it works!
  • When I save a mashup, where is it saved? Should it be displayed under the "List" tab in the mashup inspector?
  • I changed a tag for a mashup, and clicked "save". But the new tag was not displayed in the "List".
  • In the "List", will I be able to select a previously created mashup and change it?
  • What is the difference between the "Save" and the "Update"?
  • I made some changes to the "Alias Details" and then clicked on "Save" and then "Preview", nothing happened. After I clicked on these two buttons a few times, the workflow executed, but the actual mashup preview was not displayed.
  • It would be nice if it were possible to center and resize the workflow to fit in the window (cmd-shift-R)