[Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox user interface

[Jonathan Zeppettini]

Mathieu,

The interface does not necessarily need to be for "administrative"
purposes, however the user needs to be able to access the services the
box is providing through some sort of web interface (i.e., going to
http://freedom or http://192.168.1.108). The OpenMediaVault interface
is built on top of Ext JS [1]. As for the "XP look" it is likely
familiar to the majority of the FB target audience which could be a
strong selling point. Ext JS seems like a good potential candidate for
an interface (and is available under GPLv3). There are demos for a
calendar, feed reader, and more on their site [2]. Seeing as how the
FreedomBox project seeks to "stand on the shoulders of giants" by
using Debian and the best open source software the community has to
offer, it would make sense to not write an interface from scratch.

[1] http://blog.openmediavault.org/?page_id=4
[2] http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/examples/


On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 15:27, Mathieu Jourdan
<mathieu.jourdan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/3/19 Jonathan Zeppettini <jonzep at gmail.com>:
>> Not sure if it has previously been mentioned but there is a project
>> called OpenMediaVault [1] that may prove useful in terms of some of
>> the features FB seeks to implement as well as providing a potential
>> basis for the FB web based UI. It seems pretty slick and extensible
>> [2].
>>
>> The project is based on Debian and the developer has expressed
>> interest in getting his code packaged and installable (but not
>> officially supported) on any Debian system [3], so it seems there
>> could be some good synergies here. The only issue is no code has been
>> publicly released as of yet...
>>
>>
>> [1] http://openmediavault.org
>> [2] http://sourceforge.net/apps/gallery/openmediavault/
>> [3] http://blog.openmediavault.org/?page_id=73
>>
>>
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>
> I don't think there is much to pick from the gui of OpenMediaVault :
> - it is an interface for administration purpose
> - we don't want people to have to administrate their freedombox
> - if people want so, cli through ssh may be enough for such purpose
> - it has a Windows xp look and feel :p
>
> However, feel free to add this to the wiki.
> http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/UserInterface
>
> Regards,
> Mathieu
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