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[edit] GUI Design

Discussion of Graphical User Interface version of FludClient.

[edit] Backing up files

The screenshot below shows the backup selection screen. Files and directories can be selected directly from the filesystem view, or may be found and selected via simple search criteria.

If the user selects the "always backup/exclude files that match these criteria" checkbox, a 'rule' is produced (such as "*.doc in /home/user/docs") that can be used to find all such files whenever a backup operation is selected. If the user instead manually selects just a few of the search results, these are added to the list of files to backup just as if the user had found them by navigating in the left pane.

When the user runs for the first time, the client selects reasonable defaults. Under Linux, this means that the user's home directory should be selected for backup, with certain directories (like web browser cache) excluded.

Under Windows, reasonable defaults probably look quite different, as well as under MacOSX. The rule-based backup sets described above can be adopted for these platforms, with necessary adjustments made to the GUI client.

[edit] Retrieving files

Files can be retrieved through the Restore panel.

File selection is similar to that in the Backup panel, but only files that have been backed up are shown. As files are retrieved, their text turns green to show their retrieved status.