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Subject: Re: Proposing/Recomending Ada Usage At Work
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On Monday, October 30, 2017 at 3:43:31 AM UTC-4, Brian Drummond wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:36:04 -0700, Shark8 wrote:
> 
> > At work there's a system (simulator + scenario-editor) being used in
> > studies which is in desperate need of an upgrade --
> > particularly/specifically in terms of the editor's usability, as the
> > time to create a scenario is rapidly ballooning to fill up all the time
> > allocated to a study.
> > 
> > This issue has spurred a drive for suggestions and solutions, and while
> > much of the issue is indeed more of a UI issue, there are implementation
> > considerations which impact the amount of time needed to make a
> > scenario.
> 
> I suspect the GUI aspect will be critical : you need a GUI toolkit that 
> simply works and doesn't get in the way. This will have a highly visible 
> impact on the project - good or bad - as its the easiest to see and 
> criticize.
> 
> I'd be budgeting a small amount of time to try Gnoga (and keep the 
> interface browser based) - others like gtkada change substantially 
> between revisions, requiring maintenance (and a fairly substantial 
> investment in learning how to use it), or add platform dependencies like 
> requiring Windows. 
> 
> Not saying Gnoga is the answer but GUI is a recurring problem and I'm 
> interested to hear how you tackle this aspect.
> 
> -- Brian

Is Gnoga actively maintained? do they have a github page?