Few comments below...

Jonathan Marsh - http://www.wso2.com - http://auburnmarshes.spaces.live.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:registry-dev-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Daniels
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 9:26 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Registry-dev] Some UI feedback
> 
> Hi folks!
> 
> New UI looks great - some issues so far:
> 
> * The fact that you click on the slash in the upper left corner to get
> to the root directory is very confusing - and I don't like the fact
> that
> we end up with a weird looking path because the spacing around the
> first
> slash is different than subsequent ones.  Can we make it so you get to
> the root by clicking the folder icon instead? Then we can make the
> paths
> look even also.
> 
> * It's unclear what the two rows of rating stars do at first glance.  I
> gather one is for actually rating the resource (and keeping track of
> your rating), and the other is to display the average rating.  I think
> it would be clearer if we had a label "Average rating:" and one set of
> stars on the left, then "My rating:" and another set of stars on the
> right (under "By").  That would also reduce the vertical space.

I still prefer a unified display like I've tried to do in the mashup server.
Getting the visuals is tricky (I'm still not happy with what I've got) but
the end result is a very compact way to display both the user's and the
average rating, and change the rating with a simple click.

> * The "Information" pane is just too big at first glance, especially
> when you first start with an empty registry pointing to root.  IMHO it
> should start out collapsed.  Also you should be able to click "expand
> to
> view details" (or maybe anywhere in the collapsed pane) to expand it.
> Also, the info pane should remember if it's collapsed or expanded
> between resources, if possible.
> 
> * It's unclear when you've been signed out due to inactivity.  Please
> add an alert for this - otherwise it's very confusing when buttons
> disappear.

Yes some kind of obvious indicator would be good but please don't resort to
a modal dialog for this as WSAS did!  I hate that...

> * I don't like the placement of the add resource / add directory
> buttons.  I think they should be more prominent, maybe just to the
> right
> of the current resource path up at the top?
> 
> * At present it looks like you can tag anonymously.  I think we should
> remove that and only allow tags from signed-in users.

+1.  I'd also be interested in seeing if you have a role-based mechanism for
determining who's authorized to remove a tag.  I'm currently calculating
based on ownership.

> Thanks,
> --Glen
> 
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