From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.200.18.132 with SMTP id y4mr27895583qti.24.1509374754919; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 07:45:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.3.71 with SMTP id 65mr66142otv.13.1509374754879; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 07:45:54 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.snarked.org!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!z50no5569615qtj.0!news-out.google.com!r5ni6248qtc.1!nntp.google.com!k31no5586445qta.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 07:45:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=207.35.68.4; posting-account=bBnI1woAAACY07J21EGPe1EhRQ3pADUk NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.35.68.4 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <96d7caa0-0ecb-44f2-94b5-36fa6fe48414@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Proposing/Recomending Ada Usage At Work From: tclwarrior@gmail.com Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:45:54 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:48662 Date: 2017-10-30T07:45:54-07:00 List-Id: 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 I Gnoga actively maintained, do they have a github page^