[daisy] Better desktop integration

[Vincent Mouton]

Hello,

I have only read diagonally through the Desktop integration document on the
Wiki. But my first feeling was: daisy has a great front-end already (the
daisy wiki), why build another one, if a small change could (initially)
help: an easier way to update Attachment-type or Image-type documents?

The most PITA-part is the fact that's it a 5 step process: navigate to doc >
click edit > click to change part > upload file > click save.

This could be solved by altering the Edit view/page for Attachment types.
Click edit, and you immediately get a <input type="file" /> form element.
And the moment you upload a file, a new version is stored (no need to press
Save again).

Just a thought that could quickly improve this issue.

Which does not mean there's not need for a Desktop took, of course. I'm
thinking about mass uploading in this case, mainly. Things like populating a
photo album, or uploading multiple attachment-type documents at the same
time (but this could also be done inside the daisy wiki, cfr Flickr and the
likes)

cheers,
v


On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Karel Vervaeke <karel at outerthought.org>
wrote:

> Hi,  As many of you have probably experienced, the process to change
> Attachment / Image documents can be a real PITA: Navigate to the
> document, click 'edit', switch to the part you want to change, realise
> that you do not have the part on disk, open a new tab, reconstruct the
> correct URL to obtain the part data (preferably in less than 5
> attempts), change the file, go back to the editor, click 'Save'.
>
> We are planning to make things much better by creating a desktop
> component that will even make it unnecesary to go to the HTML document
> editor.
>
> Please have a look at [0].  Your feedback is much appreciated - your
> suggestions are likely to influence the end result and make it better
> suited to your own needs (although, as always, we're still aiming to
> please as much people as possible ;-)
>
> [0] http://cocoondev.org/wiki/g5/607-cd.html
>
> Please post your remarks to the list, I will gather your input and merge
> it with the document later.
>
> Regards,
> Karel
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