usability issue in GUI
Tuesday, 10 July 2012 · 4 messages · last reply 11 Jul 2012
CG
Quoted text · Godmar Back · 2 lines
> is it possible to connect the GUI to an existing server? If not, I think it > really should be, rather than requiring than the GUI start the server.
The current GUI architecture is tightly coupled with the database backend, which is why the visualizations are running that smooth. As a drawback, it cannot be used to communicate with the server. No doubt that this would be a nice feature, but we'd need some external contributors to make that happen any time soon.
GB
Godmar Back11 Jul 2012 00:10 #
Hi,
is it possible to connect the GUI to an existing server? If not, I think it really should be, rather than requiring than the GUI start the server.
- Godmar
CG
Quoted text · Godmar Back · 4 lines
> I don't follow. I used the BaseX GUI to start a server (via the dialog > "Server Administration"), connect to it and then (I thought) the GUI was > interacting with the server. It even displayed a warning that GUI accesses > may not be synchronized.
This is exactly why we'll soon detach the server dialog from the GUI, as it frequently leads to misunderstandings. Instead, we may replace it with a web-based administration dialog, or offer it as a separate application (but, as already indicated, this is currently out of scope).
Quoted text · Godmar Back · 2 lines
> Could you clarify what the server administration dialog is for if the GUI > doesn't interact with the server?
Back then, the server administration dialog was introduced because users were asking for a visual interface to control the server, create users, display log files, etc.
Hope this helps,
Christian
GB
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Christian Grün
<christian.gruen at gmail.com>wrote:
Quoted text · Christian Grün · 10 lines
> > is it possible to connect the GUI to an existing server? If not, I > think it > > really should be, rather than requiring than the GUI start the server. > > The current GUI architecture is tightly coupled with the database > backend, which is why the visualizations are running that smooth. As a > drawback, it cannot be used to communicate with the server. No doubt > that this would be a nice feature, but we'd need some external > contributors to make that happen any time soon. >
I don't follow. I used the BaseX GUI to start a server (via the dialog "Server Administration"), connect to it and then (I thought) the GUI was interacting with the server. It even displayed a warning that GUI accesses may not be synchronized.
What I was asking for is to be able to type an existing server's host/port into the dialog, connect to it, and use it?
Could you clarify what the server administration dialog is for if the GUI doesn't interact with the server?
- Godmar
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