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IDEA2-GUI:  Changes to the GUI (partial listing only)
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  Createdby: LeongHonWai
  Date:      25-Oct-2003;
  Note:   With additional features in IDEA-2, the GUI of IDEA
          will have to be extended -- and quite a bit too.
          This document will only add *SOME* of the new things.
          There are lots of necessary changes not included yet. 
  Edit History:  

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NEW GUI ELEMENTS: (new)
  * Camera / Speaker / Mike: to be added to the web-pages;
      These should be accessible from all pages at all times
      (just like it is physically next to the door).
  * Weather / Clock / etc:  to be added not as "thumbnail" or
      in separate frames of the webpage.
  * Personalize: 

CAMERA: (new)
  * to have a page to "announce" Camera Activated.
  * to have a page to "announce" Camera has captured a person.

SPEAKER / MIKE: (new)
  * to allow occupant/visitor to view/leave messages;
      (new to have different heading from that for Messages)
  * can emulate voice/audio input/output if possible/easy to do

SIDEBAR(S): (existing and new)
  * to have improved look and feel for sidebar;
  * to incorporate newer things from new features;
  * to have different sidebars at different pages/stages
     eg: different sidebars for occupants/visitors/strangers;

PERSONALIZE:
  * to allow viewing of personalization data for user;
  * to allow updating of personalization data for user;
  * to confirm update of personalization data;

LOGIN: (existing)
  * to have better look and feel 
  * to allow different welcome screen for different people;
      + full features for occupants; 
      + restricted features for visitors;  
      + nothing (or leave message) for strangers?

WELCOME: (existing)
  * to *greatly improve* the look and feel
  * to display different welcome messages;
  * also different types for different category of users;

LIGHTS: (existing)
  * *must improve* the look and feel
  * possible to show outline view of the "room"
      + to showcase door-colour; 
      + to showcase lighting and dimming effect;
  * automatic ligths-off if nobody's home?

SERVICES: (new)
  * to have good look and feel for special greetings/messages;
  * to allow special messages for different special events;
     + birthdays;   + holidays;    + reminders of urgent things;

STATUS: (new)
  * to have display for who's in the house at the moment;
  * to allow "clickable" viewing details of occupants;
  * to allow "clickable" button to send message to occupant;

MESSAGE: (existing)
  * to incorporate new categories, multiple recipients
  * to allow deletion of message;
  * to allow search function;
  * to allow sorting of messages by various fields;
  * to allow expiry / archiving of "expired" schedule events;

SCHEDULE: (existing)
  * to incorporate new categories, and groupings
      + eg: family-wide group, sisters-group, etc;
      + also incorporate expiry dates for schedule-events;
  * to allow viewing by day/week/month;
      + to have button for next/prev day/week/month;
  * to allow deletion of schedule-event;
  * to allow search function;
  * to allow expiry / archiving of "expired" schedule events;

JOKE: (existing)
  * improve look-and-feel (display), add buttons;
  * to incorporate new categories; 
  * to have button for getting more jokes;
  * to allow viewing of "recently-told" jokes;
  * to allow adding of jokes;

WEATHER: (existing)
  * thumbnail display of weather on most pages;
     + have full page display only when "weather icon" clicked;
  * to allow checking of weather of other places;
  * to allow personalization of "preferred places"

CLOCK: (new)
  * thumbnail display of clock on most (or all?) pages;
     + have full page display only when "weather icon" clicked;
  * to allow checking of weather of other places;
  * to allow personalization of "preferred places"

LOG: (new)
  * allow viewing of log files for various purposes;
      -- entry/exit log of all people;
      -- entry/exit log of a particular person;
      -- ??error logs of DB, GUI, FeatureEngine, etc   

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