On Thursday 02 July 2009 00:20:00 Cl?ment wrote: > Hi, > > I know I'm a bit monomaniac, and that it's not a very interesting subject, > but > well...
Improving Freenet's usability is a GOOD thing. Especially if it's easy stuff. > > Browse Freenet page : > > I think we should put the "Searching can be slow at the moment..." string > above the search field : the user read the page up to bottom, so we're sure > he'll read this before actually searching. (ok, this one is really a > detail...) Done, master 236f934. > > We should make the Visit a Freesite field more proeminent, i.e. between the > search field and the bookmarks. The bookmarks will still be visible, and this > field will be more visible. Why? > > Friend page in advanced mode : > > I don't think it's a good idea to show stats on this spage, especially if > they > aren't darknet specific. When I switch to advanced mode in this page, it's to > have more details on my peers, not to have stats I can already have in the > status page. I disagree, the global stats provide a useful context for the per-peer stats. Also, in simple mode, we currently don't even show the counts of peers by type, which imho is taking it too far. > > (idem on the status -> connection to strangers) > > Configuration : > > - wrapper should be Wrapper (to be consistent with the rest of the > configuration page) Hmmm, fair point. File a bug for this one, my main node doesn't have access to its wrapper. > - language choice should be under the web interface item File a bug, will require some back compat code. > - the menu is f*cked up when you choose advanced interface : this adds sub- > menu items, which is bad (bad bad bad :p). And when I go on a new submenu > item, and switch back to the simple mode, the submenu simply disappear. > I don't see solution to put all the options we have, but the current behavior > is wrong. Get back to me when you have a "right" behaviour. :| > > One other thing : some messages (the highest priority ?) can't be cleared. > Why > that ? I know we want the user to see it, but we should leave it the choice > to > undisplay the message he wants. For those message, we could add an extra > warning when he clicks on remove this warning (like "I confirm I read this > message, and I understood why it's very important, but I also confirm I want > to get rid of it" - I let you do the wording :p). > Because it's very _very_ annoying not to be able to undisplay it : I've read > it, I know what it says, I just can't do anything to change what it says (One > peer forcibly disconnected...), but I don't want to be bothered by it anymore. The forcibly disconnected bug is something that I've fixed a bazillion times and it's always come back. I have no idea what the problem is until I waste even more time trying and failing to fix it. :( Fortunately it is much less common now than it was, so I guess my changes must have done some good... > > That's all :) > > I know those are small "bugs", but I also know that a good ui is very > important, and that the "evil is in the details" (and that small things can > confuse some users). > > Regards, > > Dieppe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20090703/f81abe1e/attachment.pgp>
