And just to make sure that this #proposal doesn't go thru without further discussion, I want to make it clear that I'm voting -1 for now. (This doesn't mean you can't change my mind, i.e. if my design counterproposal is really harder to implement that it looks..but really all I'm asking for is a move from top-level navigation to a subnavigation.)
Judy On Feb 21, 2012, at 9:41 AM, Judy Stern wrote: > While I agree that the Episode service is very valuable, from a UX > perspective, I think it is a mistake to have it available by default exactly > as is, for many reasons that I have explained in the earlier thread [3]. The > mockup you point to, Rüdiger, is the more ambitious one that I understand we > can not possibly implement at this time. I did also, however, propose two > simpler approaches, which keep the two UI's (one for looking at workflow > instances, the other for managing media packages) on separate pages but do > not make them seem so completely unrelated and do not introduce potentially > confusing terminology. In particular, Approach 2 [4] changes very little (I > believe, perhaps naively, it would be very easy to implement), but simply > makes both UI's available under the Recordings tab. I would like to propose > this (or something very similar) as a counterproposal. > > Judy > > [3] > http://opencast.3480289.n2.nabble.com/Renaming-the-quot-Recordings-quot-tab-proposal-td6783119i20.html#a6803786 > [4] > http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Keeping+Episodes+UI+Separate+from+Workflow+Instances+UI#KeepingEpisodesUISeparatefromWorkflowInstancesUI-Approach2 > > > On Feb 21, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Ruediger Rolf wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> in the developer meeting today the question came up why the Episode UI [1] >> is not activated by default. Several people have not noticed this feature >> yet because of this. >> >> There was some discussion on this UI when it was created and there was not >> been a concensus on this UI. So the solution to this was to deactivate by >> default. There were some >> >> But the Episode service is one of the main enhancements in 1.3 and anyone in >> the dev meeting today felt sorry that most users cannot use it because of >> the hidden UI. >> >> There is already a proposal on how to combine the workflow and the episode >> service in the UI [2], but implementing this is out of focus for 1.3 and >> maybe even for 1.4 as no one has himself commited to this feature yet. >> >> So the proposal is to active the "episode" UI despite all concerns, with no >> or only minor changes (changing the name of the tab i.e.). We want to avoid >> a long discussion that may delay the release, as we hope that the release is >> only one release blocker away... so let us keep the discussion short and >> give your +1 or -1. >> >> Thanks >> Rüdiger >> >> [1] see here how to activated this: >> http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/The+Episode+Service >> [2] I hope I found the right mockup: >> http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Combining+Episodes+and+Workflow+Instances >> >> -- >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Rüdiger Rolf, M.A. >> Universität Osnabrück - Zentrum virtUOS >> Heger-Tor-Wall 12, 49069 Osnabrück >> Telefon: (0541) 969-6511 - Fax: (0541) 969-16511 >> E-Mail: [email protected] >> Internet: www.virtuos.uni-osnabrueck.de >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Matterhorn mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn >> >> >> To unsubscribe please email >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ Matterhorn mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn To unsubscribe please email [email protected] _______________________________________________
