[instaviz-users] The final push

[Glen Low]

Ryan

On 20/11/2008, at 1:39 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Nov 19, 2008, at 20:35, Glen Low wrote:
>
>> I'm going for the final push to get Instaviz out the door on 1
>> December.
>
> Oh!
>
>> That leaves just 10 days for any and all enhancements and
>> fixes!
>>
>> First of all, thanks to Thomas and Michael for their tickets.
>> (Michael, you might need a bit more detail so I can isolate the bug.)
>> I hope this means there aren't too many outstanding bugs with
>> Instaviz...
>>
>> Next, once you've played with 0.2, make a wish list of things you'd
>> like to see in the first released version and email it to the list.  
>> Or
>> better still, submit a ticket for individual items. Ask yourself,  
>> what
>> would make you (or a person like you) buy this app from the App  
>> Store?
>>
>> http://trac.pixelglow.com/instaviz/newticket
>>
>> I'll have to triage the suggestion list, but it will be good to see
>> more of your vision of things in the final product.
>
> Do you want us to file tickets straight away or maybe bounce some
> ideas around on the list first?

If it's uncontroversial and you have a specific idea already, go ahead  
and raise a ticket. The ticket system does allow comments and  
discussion as well, but given that everyone is probably 10x more  
comfortable with email, if it's controversial or you want the others  
to flesh out the ideas, then email is the way to go.

> I'd want more options to edit for the nodes and edges. Colors, change
> node shapes. Maybe also a way to globally change attributes for all
> nodes / edges.

You can raise one for colors, for example. I'm currently preparing a  
color picker for the settings page, it would be good to reference a  
ticket for this.

You can change node shapes by simply sketching the changed shape over  
the old one. It has to overlap the old shape by 50% to avoid being  
considered another node.

See:

You can also raise one for default node and edge settings. Although  
I'm wondering whether users would be more comfortable using some kind  
of multiple select of nodes/edges and applying settings, rather than  
changing default node/edge settings for the entire graph. Opnions,  
people?




Cheers, Glen Low


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