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From: Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Proposing/Recomending Ada Usage At Work
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 07:43:30 -0000 (UTC)
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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