Open Web GUI
The Open Web GUI project addresses the problem of poor usability for
Open Source software, specifically web site administrative
interfaces. We will create web pages for common administrative tasks,
using standards-based HTML/CSS, which can be incorporated directly
into web applications.
Project Page
We are currently recruiting web designers and usability
practitioners for our first project. We are also recruiting
customers, i.e., F/LOSS projects which want to implement our GUI in
their email blaster web application. Please email the list if interested.
The pilot project for Open Web GUI is the Email Blaster, an
application which enables:
- Selecting a subset of email addresses from a database
- Creating an email template
- Sending the email to the recipient list
- Handling email bounces
This project originated at the F/LOSS
Usability Sprint.
Schedule
This project is milestone-driven. We reach a milestone when we have
completed all of its criteria, not when we reach a date on the
calendar.
Milestone 1: Initial Kickoff
Criteria
- Project web page set up
- Project mailing list set up
- Project staff recruited:
- Project Manager: Joel Aufrecht
- Project representative: Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM
- Project representative: David Taylor, Activist Mobilization Platform
- Project representative: Joel Aufrecht, OpenACS
- Graphic Designer: OPEN
- HTML/CSS Developer: OPEN
- Usability Practitioner: OPEN
- Kickoff meeting scheduled
Milestone 2: Prototype 1 Usability Test
Milestone 3: Prototype 2 Usability test
Milestone 4: Version 1.0 Released
Milestone 5: Version 1.0 in use at two different F/LOSS
projects
Milestone 6+: repeat for other functionality
