LabVIEW
GUI inspired by Ubuntu Netbook remix
Recently I saw GUI of Ubuntu netbook remix. it so cool that I wanted to have something similar for my labview application. I have successfully developed it.
I am just sharing if somebody wants it, also I would like to know more ideas about improving it.
- Depending on your audience, perhaps the best improvement you could make is on-the-fly translation capability. This is a rudimentary example, but a more sophisticated language management system can be easily achieved with an action engine or class. Keep in mind, LabVIEW uses UTF-16 (UTF16) Unicode, whereas the de facto web standard is UTF-8 (UTF8). (I have hijacked the last tab, 'Reports', and the three options, the 'O', the Canvas, and the Brick Wall change from English to Chinese to Greek respectively)
- Choose descriptive names for Tab Controls and Radio Buttons, rather than "Tab 1, Tab 2, Tab 3..."
- Don't wire the timeout case in a UI structure unless you need a polling mechanism! Attached diagram responds much snappier (previous response time was random between 0-500msec, now it's always nearly instantatneous). For anyone listening, and this is important: If your Timeout Case is empty in your event structures, it's OK to delete it!! This way you're not stuck between some event-driven/polling architecture, but purely sticking to event-driven.
- Consider using a Picture Control if you want the background to be loaded dynamically, and consider a picture ring if you would like static background options. Remember to consider the size (bytes) of your application, however. Large pictures easily eat up a larger footprint than the app code.
- You are a very talented artist.
