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* Extremely simple user interface | * Extremely simple user interface | ||
** Usage should be as intuitive as possible for novice users | ** Usage should be as intuitive as possible for novice users | ||
** No options which are unlikely to be of interest to a large majority of users | |||
*** Advanced mode for everything else | |||
* Tight integration with the AniDB website | * Tight integration with the AniDB website | ||
** Directly available via a link in the AniDB navbar | ** Directly available via a link in the AniDB navbar | ||
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=== Dialog 1 - Directory selection === | === Dialog 1 - Directory selection === | ||
Allows the user to select the file or directory which should be scanned for new files. | |||
* Short two sentence introduction to applet | * Short two sentence introduction to applet | ||
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=== Dialog 2 - Hashing === | === Dialog 2 - Hashing === | ||
Hashes the selected file or all media files located within the selected directories (or their subdirectories...) and identifies all files via a FILE command of the UDP API. No mylist modifications are made at this point. | |||
* One sentence explanation of current activity | * One sentence explanation of current activity | ||
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=== Dialog 3 - Identified files === | === Dialog 3 - Identified files === | ||
Displays an overview of all hashed files to the user together with their current status. This page/phase does not interact with the UDP API. | |||
* One sentence explanation | * One sentence explanation | ||
* Tree or list view of hashed files and their status | * Tree or list view of hashed files and their status | ||
** Unknown / Known / Already in mylist | ** Unknown / Known / Already in mylist | ||
** Optional: right click context menu in tree/list view, i.e. to remove a file/entire (sub)directory from the list | |||
* Checkbox: "[ ] Rename known files according to AniDB naming scheme" | * Checkbox: "[ ] Rename known files according to AniDB naming scheme" | ||
* Buttons | * Buttons | ||
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=== Dialog 4 - Adding Progress/Finished === | === Dialog 4 - Adding Progress/Finished === | ||
Executes the actual mylist adding via the UDP API. Initially displays the progress of the adding process and later displays an "All done" message. | |||
* One sentence explanation | * One sentence explanation | ||
Revision as of 07:59, 25 April 2008
Goal
A very simple to use Java Applet which is directly integrated with the AniDB website and enables users to easily add files on their local harddrive to their AniDB mylist.
Requirements
- Extremely simple user interface
- Usage should be as intuitive as possible for novice users
- No options which are unlikely to be of interest to a large majority of users
- Advanced mode for everything else
- Tight integration with the AniDB website
- Directly available via a link in the AniDB navbar
- No additional login/authorisation
- Use of the UDP API
Possible Implementations
Suggestion 1
Wizard style interface with 4 dialogs.
Dialog 1 - Directory selection
Allows the user to select the file or directory which should be scanned for new files.
- Short two sentence introduction to applet
- File/Directory selection element which allows selection of a file or directory (with ctrl/shift also multiple elements)
- Buttons
- Advanced Mode (jumps to different UI for advanced users, not specified here)
- Next
Dialog 2 - Hashing
Hashes the selected file or all media files located within the selected directories (or their subdirectories...) and identifies all files via a FILE command of the UDP API. No mylist modifications are made at this point.
- One sentence explanation of current activity
- Directory/Name of currently processed file
- Progress
- Per file progress bar
- Overall progress bar
- Some statistics
- i.e. files already hashed, files left to hash, size, speed, time elapsed, estimated time left, ...
- Buttons
- Back
- Next (deactivated while hashing)
Dialog 3 - Identified files
Displays an overview of all hashed files to the user together with their current status. This page/phase does not interact with the UDP API.
- One sentence explanation
- Tree or list view of hashed files and their status
- Unknown / Known / Already in mylist
- Optional: right click context menu in tree/list view, i.e. to remove a file/entire (sub)directory from the list
- Checkbox: "[ ] Rename known files according to AniDB naming scheme"
- Buttons
- Back (jumps to dialog 1)
- Next
Dialog 4 - Adding Progress/Finished
Executes the actual mylist adding via the UDP API. Initially displays the progress of the adding process and later displays an "All done" message.
- One sentence explanation
- Overall progress bar
- Some statistics
- All done message after all known files which weren't yet in the users mylist have been added
- Buttons
- Back (jumps to dialog 3, handling of already partly executed actions is undefined)
- Restart (jump to dialog 1, clear file/directory selection)