On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
> You forgot one proposal which I like: > > == Proposal D == > > * Generalize the XWiki home (the logo at the top left) > * When you click on the logo you get to the home of the current wiki > * The proposal is about generalizing that feature to allow navigating > either to the wiki home, to the main wiki or to the list of other wikis > * It could be done by showing a menu arrow when the mouse hover over the > logo and when the mouse moves over the arrow, show a menu with first entry > = "Main Wiki" (or "Home Wiki" if you prefer) and a second entry with "Wiki > Index" for example. > > What I like with this is that the user is already used to use the logo as > a way to navigate to the home of wiki. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > On Sep 12, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Guillaume Louis-Marie Delhumeau < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi developers. > > > > Tuesday evening, after trying to fix all issues that integrate Workspace > in > > XE made, I had a bit of time to work on this JIRA: > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9341 "Menu improvements when > Workspaces > > activated". > > > > The idea was to quickly implement the Caty's proposal for M2 (which was > > scheduled for the day after). I made it and I sent a pull request. I have > > also sent a mail to Vincent to show him my work. > > > > == Proposal A == > > There is some screenshots (Proposal A): > > Logged as admin: > > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-home-menu.png > > Not logged as admin: > > > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-home-menu-non-admin.png > > > > You can get it from this commit: > > > https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/8c1c1bac2cde30f9024525e50249382e3d2c4138 > > (except that I have changed the wiki icon for this screenshot) > > > So I just want to link again the 'Home Menu' full proposal http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/HomeMenu In your screenshot is: * Home ** Administer Main Wiki ** Wiki Directory What it was proposed: * Home ** Administration ** Wikis Index ** .... http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/HomeMenu/HomeMenuSubWiki.png http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/HomeMenu/HomeMenuMain.png "Administer Main Wiki" was proposed as: - "Administration" or - "Administer Home" / "Administrate Home" depending if you were located in Home or in the (sub)wiki. > > We though this menu was confusing and not consistent with the current > menus: > > - Why do we have a link to the *main wiki* administration when we are in > a > > (sub)wiki? Does it make sense? > As an administrator I think it has sense to be able to administrate both the current (sub)wiki you are visiting and also the home (mainwiki). > > - Why do we have the main wiki (called Home) in the left of the current > > wiki, space and page? The fact that there is actually a "main" and > several > > "sub" wikis is only due to the implementation. We could imagine, in the > > future, a new implementation where there is no distinction between "main" > > and "sub", but where we have an independent "system" that allows the > users > > to create and manage their wikis. Then, it seems better to call the menu > > "System" or "XWiki". > The "main" and "sub" is transformed in "home" and "wiki". The menu displays the hierarchy: Home > Wiki > Space > Page and is also consistent with the way our cascading works for our preferences (rights, etc.) > - When we don't have the admin right on the main wiki, we only have a > > single item in this menu, meanwhile wiki, space and page has more > content. > > It does not look good. > In the proposal there is http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/HomeMenu/HomeMenuSubWiki.png Although this is not currently implemented, the idea is that we could also list for example the "Users Index" a.k.a the "User Directory" (especially since workspaces have only global users and the directory is located in the main wiki). In the proposal I've used " *** Index" in order to have a consistency between the index/directory applications naming. So the idea is that even if now there is only one entry in the submenu, we could have more entries (if they are related to the Home (mainwiki)). > > - If you are in the main wiki, you have "Administer main wiki" twice: > once > > in the Home menu, once in the Wiki menu. > > - The left menu has too many items. > If you are on the main wiki, the menu changes from * Menu in the (sub)wiki http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/HomeMenu/HomeMenuSubWiki.png in * Menu in the Home (mainwiki) http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/HomeMenu/HomeMenuMain.png The left menu contains items related to 'spatial organization of content' inside XWiki (wikis, spaces, pages) > > > > == Proposal B == > > Vincent thought it was not good enough to be integrated in 5.2M2, so we > > started to iterate until having this proposal: > > > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-xwiki-menu.png(proposal > > B). > > > > Why putting this menu to the right side? It's because, on the left side, > we > > have Wiki/Space/Page, where you have actions that you can actually > achieve > > on these Wiki, Space and Page. Actions like "Administer", "Delete" or > > "Rename". The XWiki menu does not provide actions like that, it just > > provides some shortcuts to navigate thought the wikis. It's more a > "System" > > menu, like the Profile menu, or the Register action. That's why we put it > > there. Moreover, it make the left menu smaller, which is less confusing. > I don't like this proposal because is breaking the content organization hierarchy: home > wiki > space > page. You can consider our current menu to be composed of "Content || User". The "Content" part allows you to create new content and to see your location in the content hierarchy. The right menu is dedicated to User related actions. Also I don't like that it uses the name XWiki. Users want to customize their instance and not even show it's running on XWiki, making it their own. > > > > == Proposal C == > > We had also this idea: > > > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/wiki-menu.png(proposalC) > > But we didn't like it, because the "Wiki Directory" and the "Main Wiki" > > link are not related to the current wiki, meanwhile actions like > > "Administer", "Index" or "Delete" are. > Crowded and serves as a double function. > > > > --- > > After having created the proposal B, I asked Vincent: "What should I do? > Do > > I commit it, without asking to the community?". He said yes, because he > > wanted to have something to show to the community that can still be > changed > > for the RC1, and he applied the pull request. > > > > So, let me list again the 3 proposals we have: > > > > A - "Home" menu (Caty's proposal): > > Current implementation: > > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-home-menu.png > > Mockup with the new skin: > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/PortalMenu/MenuPortal.png > > > > B - "XWiki" right menu: > > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-xwiki-menu.png > > > > C - Add actions to the "Wiki" menu: > > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/wiki-menu.png > > > > I propose to start a thread where you can all give your opinion, > regarding > > one of these proposals, and you can also bring new ideas. We must have a > > consensus for the RC1! > > > > 0 for proposal A (the left menu is too heavy). > > +0 for proposal B (not perfect IMHO). > > -1 for proposal C. > > > So, my vote goes to Ver. A, but the way it was proposed: http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/HomeMenu (Wiki / (sub)wiki) * Home ** Administration ** --- ** Wikis Index/Directory ** Documents Index (Home/mainwiki) * Home ** Watch Home ** Administer Home ** --- ** Wikis Index ** Documents Index Thanks, Caty > > Louis-Marie > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
