Thanks David - those are great suggestions! I like the sound of Search Options better.
As far as a redesign of the Find screens is concerned, I'll give it some thought. I was just trying to standardize terminology for now, not redesign anything. The collapsible search options screenlet idea came from the Find Party screen. That capability has been there since I first got involved in the project. So, it's not like I'm trying to introduce something new, I was just trying to make it more automatic - via a screenlet widget. -Adrian David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You're right, it would look funny to have a header without a label. Not sure how helpful they'll be, but some random thoughts: 1. if screen space is of concern these are a good candidate (among many others) for elimination or consolidation; others that come to mind are moving the new button up by the description, perhaps to the right of the screen; if the header of a screenlet is eliminated the +/- could go inside the lower box to the right or something 2. does the proliferation of header bars clutter the screen? 3. if the default behavior is mostly to show one or another (ie first show the criteria, then after submission show the results), perhaps just use two tabs for this, one for criteria and one for results? 4. the term "Criteria" seems a little bit technical and perhaps not well understand; alternatives that come to mind are: constraints, parameters, options, values, stuff, thingies, doo-dads... there's got to be something better... -David On Feb 9, 2008, at 5:34 PM, Adrian Crum wrote: > Well, I still recall pretty clearly the first time I used OFBiz and > I remember being confused by the Find screens - mainly because the > terminology was inconsistent. That's the main reason for this RFC. > > I don't know how a new user would view unlabeled screenlets. I guess > we could give it a try and wait for feedback. > > Take a look at the screen shots in this Jira issue - > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-1626 > > I thought that Find screen was simple, yet intuitive. > > -Adrian > > > David E Jones wrote: > Thinking about this a little it seems like given the nature of the > forms the purpose is pretty obvious. Is it even necessary to label > these sections? Or in other words, could we live without them and just > simplify them out? > > -David > > > On Feb 9, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Adrian Crum wrote: > >> Currently, the defacto standard layout for Find screens is like this: >> >> Page Title >> >> Create New Button >> >> Search Criteria Screenlet >> >> Search Results Screenlet >> >> What I'm wondering is if we can standardize the screenlet titles The >> search criteria screenlet title bar would say "Search Criteria" and >> the search results screenlet title bar would say "Search Results". >> The page title already tells you what you're searching for. >> >> I believe this will help improve the consistency of the UI and make >> it easier for new users to understand. >> >> What do you think? >> >> -Adrian >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. >> Try it now. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.
