Rails - Jan 2008 - Firedraw: Ajax based visual modeling tool using RoR

Dear Friends,
We have developed an Ajax based visual modeling tool named Firedraw!
available at www.firedraw.org and we have developed it using Ruby on
Rails. Requesting your kind feedback so that we may further optimize
it and make it more useful.
Thanking You,
Best Regards,
Deepak Kapoor
CEO & CTO
Ignited Minds
ignitedminds.co.in
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luckydeepak-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
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> Dear Friends,
> We have developed an Ajax based visual modeling tool named Firedraw!
> available at www.firedraw.org and we have developed it using Ruby on
> Rails. Requesting your kind feedback so that we may further optimize
> it and make it more useful.
> Thanking You,
> Best Regards,
> Deepak Kapoor
> CEO & CTO
> Ignited Minds
> ignitedminds.co.in
I don''t think it''s ready for end user testing.
Doesn''t work with Safari
at all, kind of works with Firefox 2.x but it''s not intuitive and looks
terrible. Sorry for my harsh words but in its current state I wouldn''t 
show it to anybody.

gk
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On 09 Jan 2008, at 13:14, Gernot Kogler wrote:
>> We have developed an Ajax based visual modeling tool named Firedraw!
>> available at www.firedraw.org and we have developed it using Ruby on
>> Rails. Requesting your kind feedback so that we may further optimize
>> it and make it more useful.
>> Thanking You,
>> Best Regards,
>> Deepak Kapoor
>> CEO & CTO
>> Ignited Minds
>> ignitedminds.co.in
>
> I don''t think it''s ready for end user testing.
Doesn''t work with
> Safari
> at all, kind of works with Firefox 2.x but it''s not intuitive and
> looks
> terrible. Sorry for my harsh words but in its current state I
wouldn''t
> show it to anybody.
I''m sorry I have to say I agree. Doesn''t work reliably on any
browser
and you really need to get a good designer (if possible someone who  
also has some good usability ideas). It''s not production ready,  
that''s for sure.


Best regards

Peter De Berdt


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Peter De Berdt wrote:
> On 09 Jan 2008, at 13:14, Gernot Kogler wrote:
> 
>>
>> I don''t think it''s ready for end user testing.
Doesn''t work with
>> Safari
>> at all, kind of works with Firefox 2.x but it''s not intuitive
and
>> looks
>> terrible. Sorry for my harsh words but in its current state I
wouldn''t
>> show it to anybody.
> 
> I''m sorry I have to say I agree. Doesn''t work reliably on
any browser
> and you really need to get a good designer (if possible someone who
> also has some good usability ideas). It''s not production ready,
> that''s for sure.
> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Peter De Berdt
Thanks for your kind feedback.
I take your your advice. Surely we are working on improving usability 
and screen design. Also we are working to make it more browser 
compliant. Currently we are testing against IE7.x and Firefox2.x.
Following Agile method, we have decided to make fixes and patches ASAP 
for any bug or functionality, rather caught in release cycle. I request 
you and everyone to please keep visiting Firedraw and most important, 
please keep sending your feedback so as to improve Firedraw.
With today''s build, 2 changes have been made:

1. A Help link is provided at top menu bar.
2. When a new file is created, it is also opened in workspace, rather 
user again double clicking on file to open it.

I also request to please see right click menus and doing format change 
with that, as we have spent much time and effort into designing 
relational model for that.

Thanks again.
Your''s Truly,
Deepak Kapoor
Ignited Minds
ignitedminds.co.in
www.firedraw.org
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14 Jan 2008
Dear Friends,
In continuation of our Agile daily builds, today we have put 2 more
Usability fixes to Firedraw (www.firedraw.org):

1. While creating New File (using Right click menu or New File link),
a pop-up is provided to put in new file name.
2. For drawing connectors, now all possible connect points are
highlighted when Connector icon is clicked.

Also, some minor changes like adding different cursor types for
actions are also incorporated.
Requesting your kind feedback on Firedraw.

Thanking You,
Your''s Truly,
Deepak Kapoor
Ignited Minds
ignitedminds.co.in
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16 Jan 2008
Dear Friends,
This is in continuation of our Agile build for Firedraw. With latest
build deployed, we have revamped the UI and manu usability fixes has
been incorporated.
Since this thread is already extended, I will be starting new thread
for newer UI for Firedraw.
Thanks,
Deepak Kapoor
Ignited Minds
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