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User interface and tasking

Priorities

Consolidation and evaluation: Views on user interfaces are inherently subjective; a wider pool of scientific users needs to use and comment on the current automated GUI system, as implemented in toolmanager, before undertaking a second revision of the user interface. This feedback needs to be actively sought, and reviewed during this cycle. This factor, combined with the limited available resources for toolmanager development, argues for consolidation only during this development cycle.

Enhancement of group meta-information: Allow function membership in multiple groups; list functions in toolmanager alphabetically within each group; list reserved standard function names in a pre-defined initial group. (TC, H, 0.5 wk).
Tool listing by type: Allow selection by type in the listing of current tools in toolmanager. (TC, H, 0.5 wk).
Constructor in guientry wrench menu: Add a standard constructor option in the guientry wrench menu. (TC, H, 1 wk).
Single tool per module shortcut: Automatically select a tool in the toolmanager initial interface if it is the only tool in the module, and has no global functions. (TC, H, 0.5 wk).

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