Ecaterina Valica wrote:
> I think the usages of a such menu entry are to low. They maybe just
> agglomerate the menu.
> 
> An autodetect based on the user agent would be IMO more practical and would
> serve its purpose.
> I think it's bad If I'm in "mobile" mode and I have to search 5 minute for
> the menu with "mobile" entry just to swithc my view. It should be
> autodetect.
> And if it's autodetect ... then why have a "unpractical" menu entry?

I share the same opinion. I see this display mode more like a preference 
in the user profile or a URL parameter (auto detect + a way to force it 
if needed).

Marius

> 
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 21:16, Thomas Mortagne 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 17:38, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 17:24, Guillaume Lerouge <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Sergiu,
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Devs,
>>>>>
>>>>> Inspired by the newly launched W3C website, I'd like to introduce the
>>>>> possibility to choose the display mode: desktop (the current UI),
>>>>> print (the current print preview UI) and mobile (a 1-column,
>>>>> margin-free layout). I'd like to group these options in a new action
>>>>> menu entry, named DISPLAY (or VIEW) and placed between EDIT and EXPORT
>>>>> (I can't find a good position, suggestions welcome). In the same menu
>>>>> we can reintroduce the View Wiki Source feature (
>>>>> http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XSCOLIBRI-122 ).
>>>>>
>>>>> So basically, the menu changes are:
>>>>> - new DISPLAY menu, with the options: Desktop, Mobile, Print, Wiki
>> Source
>>>>> - the chosen display mode (except wiki source) is sticky, meaning that
>>>>> it will continue to be used for the following page views
>>>>> - Print Preview disappears from ACTIONS
>>>>>
>>>> To me, view code is not a display action: "view code" should look
>> different
>>>> in desktop, mobile and print view. I'd rather have "view code" in the
>>>> "Actions" menu.
>>> On one hand, this behaves differently than the other 3 entries in the
>>> Display menu.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, this is not something you DO with the document
>>> (like rename or delete), but a different way of displaying it, thus I
>>> strongly think it doesn't belong to the Actions menu, and I moderately
>>> believe that it belongs in the Display menu.
>> +1, it has nothing to do in Actions menu, it's not an action.
>>
>>>> About the Display option, I think that would be great. Do you also plan
>> on
>>>> adding an autodetect based on the user agent?
>>> Kind of, stylesheets already have a "media" attribute that specifies
>>> for which type of device it should be used. The display menu will just
>>> "force" one of the stylesheets to be used, regardless of the current
>>> media, something like:
>>>
>>> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all or print"
>>>
>>>> Another question: should it be called "Display" or "View" ? "View"
>> sounds
>>>> maybe a bit more intuitive than "Display" but I don't have a strong pow
>> on
>>>> this.
>>> I don't know either, but I'm slightly inclined towards "Display".
>> I prefer "Display" too it sound maybe too technical for basic user.
>>
>>>> I'm +1 about a "Display" or "View" menu entry with Desktop, Mobile and
>>>> Print.
>>>>
>>>> Only potential issue is that it might make the top menu look a bit
>> crowded.
>>>>
>>>>> Any objections/comments?
>>>>>
>>>> See my remarks above. Great idea overall.
>>>>
>>>> Guillaume
>>>>
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