On Nov 28, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Laurent Lunati wrote:

>
> Le 28 nov. 08 à 14:12, Vincent Massol a écrit :
>
>>
>> On Nov 28, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Laurent Lunati wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Le 28 nov. 08 à 12:35, Jean-Vincent Drean a écrit :
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Vincent Massol
>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2 steps do not seem excessive to me, it's still gonnna be real
>>>>>> quick
>>>>>> and it
>>>>>> adapts well to the various use cases we are faced with (insert
>>>>>> link,
>>>>>> insert
>>>>>> image etc). It has both the benefits from the wizard and the
>>>>>> treeview. I
>>>>>> think it is a great middle ground between our various proposals.
>>>>>
>>>>> You didn't comment on my proposal to be able to click insert on  
>>>>> the
>>>>> first screen if you don't need any option applied to the image. I
>>>>> think it's reasonable and saves unnecessary clicks.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> See 
>>>> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/NewWysiwygEditorWikiExplorer#HMockup-4
>>>>
>>>> I'm fine with this solution, Laurent WDYT of this one ?
>>>>
>>>> JV.
>>>
>>> it's not the right way for me, with a direct insert button common
>>> usage is :
>>
>> Exactly my point! This is exactly why I've always thought it was
>> better to show the second screen so that the user can see what the
>> options are before clicking on insert (that's proposal 3).
>>
>> The more I think of this and the more I think it's wrong to use a
>> wizard to *force* a second optional step for inserting an image
>> (especially when in the second screen won't be used at all in most
>> cases).
>>
>> Resizing an image is not an option that people will systematically
>> choose (quite the opposite) and moreover a much better way to resize
>> an image is to use the mouse and resize the image directly in the  
>> text
>> as it's done currently with tinyMCE (only problem being with very
>> large images spanning more than the viewport). I'd hate to loose that
>> feature.
>>
>> The scenario by Laurent below simply shows that using a dialog box to
>> resize an image is wrong. In order to know the correct size you need
>> to see it in the page with the rest of the layout so it's way better
>> to offer mouse handles to resize it inline IMO.
>
>
> I really don't know what to anser.... so  starting here i stop to
> discuss.

I'm surprised by your reaction Laurent.

JV is proposing to have a 2 step wizard for inserting an image. I  
comment that the second step is not necessary IMO since it only  
contains optional features that are not going to be used in the  
majority of cases (especially if we agree that resizing should be done  
inline and not in the dialog box - You didn't even answer that part,  
does it mean you think resizing should not be done inline?) and you  
end up the conversation saying that you don't know what to answer...

I think you're missing the fact that a good discussion is always  
healthy. You might think that you're always right and that there's no  
point in discussing with others but that's simply not true. Look at  
your initial proposal with 5 wizard screens. This is what we would  
have now if we had blindly accepted your proposal. I'm glad we didn't  
since this has lead to thinking more about it and JV proposed the  
treeview solution which has had unanimous approval and is better  
according to everyone.

OTOH maybe you're fed up discussing because you've already discussed  
all this with JV before. Fair enough but then none of us was involved  
and we can't know what was discussed.

In addition I don't think we're far from having found our best  
solution. Once more my only remaining concern is to systematically  
force users to go through a second screen that they would not use.  
While this is ok the first time I think it would hamper usability  
after a few image insertions. Actually I have another concern which is  
how to use the treeview to efficiently choose an image. While choosing  
the image based on its name is possible I remember seeing other wikis  
that are doing better by showing image galleries to pick from.

Hope you'll reconsider and continue discussing here.

Thanks
-Vincent

>>> 1 - select
>>> 2 - insert
>>> 3 - Ho zut
>>> 4 - edit ?
>>> 5 - ho... am i on the right box ?
>>> 6- click on edit (or close the dialogue, in this case delete img and
>>> reclick on insert image)
>>> 7 - reselect img
>>> 8 - ok more options...
>>> 9 - ha... yes my image is too big
>>> 10 - change option
>>> 11 - insert
>>>
>>> if you have 2 steps on inserting dialogue always display all step,  
>>> so
>>> that user always know where he is
>>>
>>> laurent
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