Not yet, but there can be many things on that horizon. They have had higher priority things like fixing bugs in HPF2 and working on rollouts of possible new projects.

Malariacontrol closed off new members, so I can't see theirs. Several BOINC projects have graphics, and several others do not.

What things are on the horizon?

OK bugs in HFP2, but what about FAAH? That has been stable for some time now. I suspect that what you mean is that there is an overall WCG policy decision not to bother too much with graphics!

Malaria control is not closed! It should be - they have reached their 2000 user BETA target. Actually, their graphic offering is (for me) a little TOO busy! It has great 3D representation of the days rolling along with sun and moon chasing each other across the landscape, with Mosquitos buzzing around! In the middle is a 3D graph which is rather too small, poorly scaled and not very clear. Still a very good effort for a BETA project!

The Climate Prediction people have it just right. Their display is very informative and clear with the right balance of information and graphics.

Our displays for the UD client were fine (as I remember them). Part of the design is already done therefore (in terms of the content, look and feel of the graphics) for BOINC.

I take Wood Choppers point about Marketing, but if this IS an overall WCG policy decision, this means they have probably already considered an dismissed this! So we are unlikely to see an elaborate graphics display. Maybe the thinking was that the display has to be astounding, competing with the rest (hence requiring much design effort), or else it would be negative in effect. I disagree. I would judge a display by how much it increases my understanding of the project science. So an information dispay with additional details about the Workunit and textual display of a few variables whizzing along would be fine. This in programming terms is a text box with a few print statements in it! Add a simple graph if possible - surely the science people build such displays and graphs themselves all the time!

It was not I. You are always welcome, awake or asleep. As is everyone, Gently Giant or otherwise. You go ahead and inject as mich as you like.

I did searches on "BOINC Graphics" before I made the post - I did not find the stuff you mention. I'll look again.

Thanks Lawrence. Sorry, I missed all this - been away from internet access for a while.

I also did another search of our forums and found the "BOINC - Coming Attractions" thread. I have never seen the Big D so dis-excited about anything! I cannot fault his analysis. I must add that word he used (and got away with) to the list of viable expletives!

It all looks far more showey that I was asking for!

Yep, Big D.'s post made it verbatim into other places. Where he got it from dont know, but its used on the Home of Doctor Who: Podshock......needs to take the Tardis and amend the past before it makes it to the British Dictionary like googled