The specific layout of the user interface is up to the designer, but
it MUST contain at least the following elements:
- Entry field allowing the user to enter a query.
- ``Go'' button to initiate query processing. The system
SHOULD bind ``return'' to the go function and possibly also a
menu item, but a ``Go'' buttom MUST be present. The actual
text of the ``Go'' button is up to the designer, so long as the
meaning is clear.
- Presentation pane that displays results. The system MUST
display each URL that matches the entire query, but it MAY also
display additional information (such as a sample of the contents
of the URL's targeted PAGE or the title of the PAGE). The
system MAY simply display all relevant results in a sinlge pane
or it MAY show only a subset of them, but in the latter case it
MUST offer a mechanism to page through all relevant
results.
- ``Reset'' button that resets the presentation pane to empty (or
the initial greeting message). The system SHOULD also provide
a menu option to achieve this.
- ``Quit'' button that shuts down the Moogle client and
exits. The system SHOULD also provide a ``Quit'' menu option.
When the program exits through the ``Quit'' function, the
program MUST return a 0 exit status.
- Minimal browser function that allows the user to click through
any of the returned results to see the PAGE it points to. The
level of HTML presentation supported by
javax.swing.JEditorPane is sufficient.
- An ``I'm feeling random'' button, or equivalent, that
immediately loads a random PAGE from the set in the REVERSE
INDEX.
The designer MAY implement additional UI functionality as well.
Terran Lane
2005-01-26