- 10 Oct 2023: initial vision @dan-jan @0xSage
Proposed
Plugin devs need an API to change the Jan UI. Before we layer on more features, let's ensure good devex for feature building.
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Side-Ribbon: Jan Apps
- This is a protected area, for Apps
- Apps can define Left Panel, Center, and Right Panel
- We will only have 1 App for now (no need to build this abstraction yet)
- Future: Server mode (see LMStudio), Art Studio (Stable Diffusion)
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Side-Ribbon: Global Settings
- These will all open in a modal
- Currently: Model Store, Running Models
- Currently: User Login, Settings
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Main Window and Right Panel
- These will mainly be session-based
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Console: production logs
We need a UI API for Plugins
- e.g. Model Store plugin -> Registers "Global Settings" Icon, defines what will show up in the Modal
- e.g. Model Runner plugin -> Inference Parameters
- Increased code complexity
- VSCode
- Obsidian