On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > John D. Ament wrote on 6/28/17 6:28 AM: >> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 8:53 AM Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> >>> wrote: > ...snip... > >>> 2) replace the dropdown with a pencil icon, and have clicking on that >>> create a dialog box that walks you through the potential operations. >>> >> >> I guess the question is whether or not I'm coming in and it's already >> editable. A dialog breaks the flow, especially since you're not changing a >> lot of details about a user. Their name should be coming from LDAP, so its >> literally the contents of the drop down. > > That's the big question: how do we clearly keep editing operations > simple and straightforward, but ensure that users understand when they > do X (click Submit, select name from combobox, whatever) that it will > actually write that operation. Dialog boxes make this implicitly clear, > but I agree break the flow. I just want to be sure that whatever > metaphor we have for "Make this change now" is consistent.
FWIW, my original thought process was that different tools may have different target audiences. The board agenda tool, for example, has a small number of people who use it each and every month. Such users may indeed wish to invest a small amount of time in learning the tool as they will be using it frequently. The roster tool is different. There may be an initial load, there may be a few users who use it frequently, but most users will use it not only infrequently, but there may be long and unpredictable periods of time between usages. As such, I feel that editing operations in the roster tool would benefit from a more guided approach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_(software) - Sam Ruby
