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 * Did you select a task from our list of proposals and ideas?
 ** If yes, what task did you choose? Please describe what part of it you especially want to focus on if you can already provide this information. ''Please also wiki-link the page for your elaborated proposal here.''
+Wiki link [http://octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=GSoC_Project_Ideas link Ideas Page]
+:Octave is currently written in C++/QT. Though it have a great UI , but as pointed out by the organisation , it is not ready for production.
+:The project will basically aim at improving the User Experience of the software. This can be done by following steps:
+***Improving the MainWindow:
+::Terminal and Document widget are currently in tabbed in the mainWindow. But now separate area will be assigned to both of them so that they can behave as two independent units.A large part of area will be given to the command window(by default). But user will have independence of resizing and re-arranging the widgets according to their personal preference.
+***Improve the IRC client:(lower priority)
+Currently the UI of IRC client is not so informative .So more UI will be made more informative by adding more custom functions.This feature will be implemented only if it’s really quick.
+***Improving the documentation browser:
+The documentation browser will be provided with new improved UI. Faster navigation,control of docs from command window will be implemented.(type "doc exam" and you will be redirected to “exam” location of manual.
+(optional)Search within browser will be implemented.Focusing on search,it will be an index based search, and will use an efficient algorithm that will be developed in c/c++.
+***Thread-safety:
+Octave GUI is currently not thread-safe.Although interpreter and GUI are running in different threads but still there are many possibilities for improvements.Currently I am reading about debugging race conditions.
+***Other small implementations:
+Other small functionalities such as:
+****a.Ability to create/delete/copy/paste files and folders in the FileExplorerDock	 will be added.
+****b. Changing the value of a variable in the workspace by single/double click will be added.
+****c.Repetition of commands in the historyDockWidget will be shown as a single entry(as a TreeView which can then be expanded as a normal tree)This would make wiser use of allocated space to HistoryDockWidget.
+Note: Inspiration for GUI will be mainly GUI Octave and sometime Matlab also(We can figure out the best feature and implement it).
+:Benefits
+***	Users:
+:::	Users will have benefit of faster navigation, better and informative user interface so that it can make their task easy and fast.Improved UI , Improved IRC client will be very 	helpful to the users. This will increase the user experience of GNU Octave.
+***GNU Octave:
+	GNU OCtave will itself be benefited as they will get a better product which will be ready for production. This project will  result in a product that will prove that hiding source is not necessary to produce a quality GUI.This will somehow aim to satisfy Matlab users who want to be shielded from the horrors of a CLI interface.
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