for me the rational in hiding them, is not about overwhelm. rather, its about the hierarchy of options. the current hierarchy doesn't sync with how i use geoserver. for me, data is the most active part of my geoserver time, yet its all the way on the bottom. server details are not things im going to change, yet its all the way on the top. this may not be what people use geoserver for--data work--but its how i use geoserver.
having the menu be collapsible doesn't mean we're hiding things deep within subpages, as in the current UI. it means those 4/5 iteams on the top level carry equal weight. and, as an aside, the about geoserver seems too far hidden in a submenu. again, just my 2 cents. alyssa. Rolando Peñate wrote: > For historical reference, the reason we decided to make them all up > front is because the current 'hospital green' UI hide everything and > is very frustrating to newbies and power users alike. Most people > enter GeoServer with a specific task in mind—putting all the nav items > out there facilitates getting in, getting it done, and getting out. > What' the rationale for hiding them? > > On Jun 24, 2009, at 5:32 AM, Andrea Aime wrote: > > >> Mike Pumphrey ha scritto: >> >>> I see what you mean, Andrea, but my response would be: >>> >>> "So I don't get confused/overwhelmed and so I can see only what I >>> want to see" >>> >>> I'd be fine having it "remember" whether the menus are collapsed or >>> not, so that fearless pros can expand them once (and then never have >>> to click twice again) and those who don't need to expand everything >>> won't have to. >>> >> Err.... I fail to see how looking at a 10-12 items menu requires a >> pro... if you look at 4 items menu you still need to figure out >> what the classification schema used is. "where I would put the >> layer configuration? would it be in data or services?" >> (if you know nothing about how geoserver is made both are legit) >> >> Cheers >> Andrea >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Geoserver-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
