[Zope-dev] Product palette?

[Martijn Faassen]

Hi there,

As I install products, write a product, and hear about ZClasses (haven't
used it yet), I start worrying about a very large list of products that
can be used, which might make the management interface harder to use.
Also one can't categorize products (perhaps by origin: Zope base, Local,
Other, or perhaps by function: Document, Folderlike, Database, etc).

The classic solution for this (I'm familiar with Delphi) is to supply a
palette. That is, you can categorize products into various palettes, and
you pick the products from them. Of course this gives other potential
interface problems, as one now first has to select the palette, then the
product one wants to paste into the folder. But I'm sure some fancy HTML
or JavaScript can alleviate this.

I suppose this falls under management interface improvement projects.
I've heard vague rumors people were working on this, but don't know
anything more. Has anybody else thought about this idea? Perhaps
DigiCool is planning to come out with a whole sophisticated acquisition
based system? :) I'm interesting in hearing what the plans are in this
regard.

Regards,

Martijn