[Zope] Midgard

[Howard Clinton Shaw III]

On Tue, 11 May 1999, you wrote:
> > Careful with that Axe, Martijn! ;)  Chris Petrelli brought up the point
> > just the other day that the ability to quicky and easily add objects to
> > the 'Add' menu can mean trouble.  It is the opinion of some the add menu
> > is too big as it is.  I'm sure many of you have sat down at a Windows
> > machine whose user didnt' organize their start menu very deep, and the
> > 'Programs' menu was pages upon pages of menu options all at the same
> > depth.  In that particular case, we are talking about user error, but in
> > this case, it is a limitation of the web pulldown box widget (not really
> > a limitation of the existing widget, but the lack of a more complex
> > structured one).
> 
> A'hoy! I knew Michel was up to something, my ears hurt... Seriously though,
> I think that there are some elegant ways to solve this.  If only there were
> "cascading menus" in HTML ;-)

Cascading menus are pretty simple using a little Javascript... And it should be
possible to have the interface provide a traditional long-john add list in the
absence of Javascript. Basically you have the Javascript change the contents of
menu B based on the selection in menu A. I have a sample in Zope based on data
pulled from an SQL query, if you're interested.

> 
> > So this will require some thought.  It is all good and cool that we can
> > create our own objects very quickly now, but it can get out of hand (you
> > should see my sandbox!)
> 
> I've heard tell, "oh my gawd, where did I put that class?!?!?!?!" and yet
> there must be a better way.  I will simply toss out that the idea of a
> better management interface is brewing, and the reality is that *soon* there
> will be some hefty overhauls into roles in the management interfaces that
> will I believe permit some elimination of this for MOST people who use the
> environment.  All in due course!  Money will of course, speed the process!
> Send your $100 bills to...
> 
> >> Midgard's authentication system is fairly limited. I'd miss
> >> acquisition!
> >
> > Wouldn't we all.
> 
> My take is it's more a "prebuilt" environment to do your PHP3 stuff in, but
> that doesn't make it an "application server" any more than a single ASP is
> an application server.  That doesn't mean there aren't any neat ideas :-)
> 
> Chris
> --
> Christopher Petrilli                                  Digital Creations
> petrilli@digicool.com
> 
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