On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 08:40, Aleksey Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 04:23:54AM +0100, Gary C Martin wrote: >> On 25 Apr 2009, at 03:46, Josh Williams wrote: >> > Just wondering if there was a consensus to ditch the advanced search >> > options? I think it might be a good idea for the sake of simplicity >> > and >> > ease of use for kids. >> > >> > However, I don't know if it's something some users actually need. I >> > think at the very least "within categories" should be removed even >> > if we >> > do keep the advanced options. >> > >> > Any thoughts? >> >> I'd never even noticed the advanced search feature until you just >> mentioned it! FWIW, I'd be happy with just the plain search input box >> over on the top right (no 'advanced', no 'within'). The simpler the >> better, given our target audience. Every UI feature you can get away >> with removing... is one less item of distraction/confusion/ >> maintenance :-) > > Don't see any problems to have small button/link to open advanced search > I guess our users not only kids but also theirs parents :) > > Moreover we will have several activity types - activities, various content, > journal objects and advanced search could be useful in that case. > > Another option filter all add-ons by SugarPlatform - only 0.82, 0.84 etc.
I see the reasoning about making things as easy as possible and agree to some extent. Though: - users of ASLO are not only kids, but activity developers, maintainers, educators, etc. - it's hard for adults to anticipate what a kid is capable of doing. What we have been following in the Sugar UI design isn't a "let's do a dumbed down UI" approach, but "low floor and no ceiling". Meaning with it that we should make the basic functionality as easily accessible as possible, giving simplicity/clarity a strong value, but also trying hard to find ways to expose advanced functionality without making the UI too much more complex. In this case, I think the Mozilla folks did right by hiding the advanced search features by default and having the "Advanced tab" there for people who would need it. Regards, Tomeu _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
