I checked out Zope3 from CVS yesterday and had a go at it for the first time. Granted that it is a work in progress, I did have a few comments from a user's (rather than a developer's) perspective.
The API exposed to DTML and ZPT seems very sparse (compared to Zope2) at this stage. Is this the case or am I missing something? As far as I can tell there is as yet no way to even get the name of an object for doing things like the old <dtml-var title_or_id>. (I have figured out how to add to the API for any particular class in the source code.)
About the new look to adding objects in a folder -- I see the point of going to a list of contents with a text input to assign a name (so you can see what names are already in use), but I see one problems. The text input appears at the top of the list and the button to commit the change is at the bottom of the list. This will become more inconvenient as a container's list of contents grows. Perhaps the buttons should always be near the text input.
Chris Gray
Chris Gray writes:
I checked out Zope3 from CVS yesterday and had a go at it for the first time. Granted that it is a work in progress, I did have a few comments from a user's (rather than a developer's) perspective.
Thanks for taking the time to look at Zope 3! We definately appreciate comments from users and potential users.
About the new look to adding objects in a folder -- I see the point of going to a list of contents with a text input to assign a name (so you can see what names are already in use),
This can vary based on the type of object and how it's been configured.
but I see one problems. The textinput appears at the top of the list and the button to commit the change is at the bottom of the list. This will become more inconvenient as a container's list of contents grows. Perhaps the buttons should always be near the text input.
That's a good idea, and very reasonable. I will take this opportunity to note that simply pressing Enter (or Return, depending on your keyboard!) will submit the form as well.
There is a zope3-dev list available that specifically deals with Zope 3; sending your comments and observations there will reach more of the active Zope 3 developers.
-Fred
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
Chris Gray writes:
but I see one problems. The textinput appears at the top of the list and the button to commit the change is at the bottom of the list. This will become more inconvenient as a container's list of contents grows. Perhaps the buttons should always be near the text input.
That's a good idea, and very reasonable. I will take this opportunity to note that simply pressing Enter (or Return, depending on your keyboard!) will submit the form as well.
Yep. I had noticed that, and it is helpful.
There is a zope3-dev list available that specifically deals with Zope 3; sending your comments and observations there will reach more of the active Zope 3 developers.
Thanks. I'll move it over there.
Chris Gray
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