On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 11:59, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Caty, > > On Jul 1, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Ecaterina Valica wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > After gathering some Action Menus feedback, we decided to go for another > > iteration for them. > > > > Please give your feedback on this proposal and *cast your vote* for this > > items (described at > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ActionMenuProposal2#HImprovements > ): > > > > 1. New "Add" menu > > +1 > > > 2. Wiki/Space/Page separation > > +1 > > There are now 2 hierarchies: > - the top level menu > - the breadcrumb > > Is that a problem for users to understand what each means? > First of all: - top level menu: - will contain page names - shows wiki/space/page hierarchy - breadcrumb: - will contain page titles - shows parent/child hierarchy Top level menu will be easier to understand for the user, because the pattern wiki/space/page is now more widely used inside XWiki: search results, WYSIWYG pages description ("Located in xwiki » XWiki » Admin"), new Rights UI navigation, etc. We use Parent/child also for tree. It will be more clear if we combine the parent selector with the breadcrumb (like it was proposed once for the Edit improvements). http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/ImprovedEdit/cExpanded.png > > In addition right now it's hard to navigate back to where you were. > Example: you navigate to a page, you realize you want to changer your user > profile from simple user to advanced user, you click on your user make the > change and you don't have an easy way to go back to where you were. > Was easier before? You can use the "Back" from browser; or hit the logo and go Home and see Recent Changes; or use My recent modifications panel; etc. > > This is not related to this proposal per see but it may affect it in some > ways. I'd suggest we tackle it later on but I just wanted to point it out to > not forget it and to have it in mind. > > > 3. New "Delete" Space entry and relocation of some Page actions > > +1 > > Is there a rule for deciding what page level features are moved to the top > level menu vs the features that stay in the edit menu bar? > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/ActionMenuProposal2/page.png The rule is: - *page *related actions (copy, rename, delete) in the top level menu - *content *related actions closer to the content "Access Rights" has the similarity of Wiki/Space "Administration" and also is a page action. > > 4. Better Wiki/Space naming representation (WIKI: Wikiname) > > +1 > > > 5. Uppercase menu usage just for top entries/labels > > +1 > > > 6. "TYPE: Name" pattern > > +1 > > I propose to have those in 2.5M1 if someone come forward to implement it. > We can rediscuss this when we start the discussion re the 2.5 roadmap when > we release the first RC of 2.4. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > > Screenshots and proposal: > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ActionMenuProposal2 > > Partial prototype: > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Skins/SkinMenu > > > > Thanks, > > Caty > > > > P.S. Thanks to Gregory for all opinions / ideas > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
