We can all thank WCG for this :wav:
BOINC is working with World Community Grid (WCG)
to develop a new interface for the BOINC Manager.
This new interface is intended to be more appealing
and comprehensible to non-technical participants.
The current interface will continue to be available as an "advanced" option; users will be able to toggle between the simple and advanced interfaces.
A mockup of the interface is here:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/images/BOINCSimpleGUI.pdf
Please reply to this list with any comments or questions about the appearance and/or feature set. We hope to do couple of iterations of design review and then start working on the implementation in 2-3 weeks.
WCG is contributing considerable design and programming resources
to the development of this interface.
This work will benefit all BOINC-related activity, not just WCG.
It's a big step in moving BOINC participation beyond the world
of computer nerds, out into the general PC-owning population.
The resulting code will be released under LGPL, like the rest of BOINC.
The new interface will be "skinnable" - there will be a generic BOINC skin,
as well as one for WCG, BBC, and anyone else.
WCG is eager to involve the entire BOINC community in
the design process
