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Gregory Joseph commented on MAGNOLIA-1411:
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Just a little chat I had with Vivian:{quote}
vivian.steller:
usually this should be on the topper right side
BUT the design doesn't show this since we decided not to loose to much space in
the head section
instead we really should use something like half transparent overlays
Greg:
thanks: i was going to mention how such messages appear in wordpress and i
think its working really well:
especially for stuff like "yes your activation was started succesfully and sent
to the publisher"
i think in WP they use a combination of the appear/highlight effects
vivian.steller:
ah okay, yeah, i remember:
yes this is very cool.
Greg:
but in a more horizontal box on top of the page, obviously
vivian.steller:
and it definetly should be a non-modal dialog as long as this isn't a message
that prevents the system from continuing without user interaction
Greg:
agreed
vivian.steller:
wait, I have some related scribbles for that as well:
see this one:
http://wiki.magnolia.info/download/attachments/4522084/Interaction+-+Indicating+State.png:
the idea is that there are three (and only three) types of messages:
Blocking, Warning and Info:
in general, blocking should be modal, preventing the user from doing something
else that answering the questions the system asks
Greg:
nice
vivian.steller:
warning is either modal or non-modal depending on the severity:
and info is always non-modal and should be displayed in some message area on
the screen:
(those info message also might disappear after some secs)
Greg:
the top bar seems a bit tight to do this though
vivian.steller:
true... on this scribble I had the "Message Panel" in there:
http://wiki.magnolia.info/download/attachments/4522217/Design+-+Basic+Layout+-+Vertical+Navigation.png:
but yeah, instead I'd suggest an overlay and maybe a little Icon that indicates
that there are still non-read messages in case they disappear..:
{quote}
> Possibility to set multiple "alert" messages
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> Key: MAGNOLIA-1411
> URL: http://jira.magnolia.info/browse/MAGNOLIA-1411
> Project: Magnolia
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: gui
> Reporter: Gregory Joseph
> Assignee: Boris Kraft
> Fix For: 4.0
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> At the moment, it seems that AlertUtil only allows to set one message for the
> user. In certain situations it might be desirable to have multiple messages.
> (or more generally just be sure that I'm not hiding a message from the user
> by setting one myself)
> While this belongs to a separate improvement, I'll note here that this might
> be easier to implement if we used something else than javascript alert boxes
> for such messages, using something like the Highlight effects of
> script.aculo.us
> (http://github.com/madrobby/scriptaculous/wikis/combination-effects-demo)
> (this is used in wordpress for instance, and as a user of it, I find it
> effective enough not to miss a message AND much less disruptive!)
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