> Hi, > > I have commented on the proposal pages. Here are my comments below on > each page. > > On Jun 16, 2008, at 6:17 PM, Jean-Vincent Drean wrote: > >> Hi XWikiers, >> >> Evelina has finished the ground work on the new administration and >> it's now time to vote for its layout. >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministration >> >> Proposals : >> >> Admin in view mode, with a left menu : >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministrationLayout1 > > * 1) How do you select left panels in the Panel Wizard page since > there's no left panels displayed on the image? 2) What does the > screenshots look like in 1024x with the left and right menus active? > * I personally don't like this solution since a) it means introducing > a new navigation feature inside pages when we already have one. (JV > says we already have 2 with horizontal tabs but then that would be 3, > even worse) and b) it doesn't scale with left and right panels open > and c) it's not consistent with edit mode for example and even with > general navigation as it is now. > >> Admin in view mode, without a left menu : >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministrationLayout2 > > This works well on a desktop because the move from "Show all" to the > specific page and back is fast. We need full Ajax for this mode to > work well IMO. This is better than the first option but not perfect. > >> Admin in edit mode, with a navigation panel : >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministrationLayout3 > > +10 > > By *far* the best solution IMO: > * no cramped space > * easy to navigate from preference to preference > * scalable > * consistent with both edit mode and general view mode > * no need for another css/styling/new layout scheme > * can be easily modified across the board, i.e. if the user styles the > panels, you get them styled for the admin too > * Focus on the administration while in admin view, no distraction on > the sides > > One note: the Panels screenshot is wrong, it shouldn't have the > vertical menu inside the page. > >> >> Admin in edit mode, without a navigation panel : >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministrationLayout4 > > Same as Layout2 above. > >> >> Other question, how do we display the space selector : >> >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministrationSpaceSelection > > > The top solution (autocomplete) isn't good enough since you don't > always know the name of your spaces. You need to see them all listed. > Autocomplete is a nice to have but shouldn't replace the list IMO.
I agree with Vincent that a filterable list would be easier to use. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
