On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:05:44 +0200, Alaa Abd El Fattah wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:38:02 +1300
> Amos Jeffries wrote:
> 
>> It is a problem for anyone who has to deal with multiple languages I 
>> think. Simply more obvious to admin who regularly deal with many 
>> languages in one visit.
>> 
>> Using the breadcrumbs model a global project would be leftmost on the 
>> crumbs list. In pootle it is just missing. The "crumbs" are also not 
>> correct if one is a un-registered visitor who navigated in through
>> the home page: home->project->language->...
> 
> currently the breadcrumbs reflect Pootle's structure, not the User's
> path. maybe we can switch to a system that reflects the steps users
> took (if we can avoid making it as buggy as docuwiki's breadcrumbs).

You seem to have nicely made pootle 3-4 clicks deep so if you were to
limit it to 3-4 entries max the path breadcrumbs could work.

Or a special case when logged in as admin, prefixing with the project-only
link would work too.

> 
> another option would be to add a drop down list next to the language
> link to make it easy to jump to another language for the same project.
> (we can do the same for projects, subdirs and files too)
>  
>> Currently one has to go all the way out to the server home page or
>> user profile pages then navigate back through the project links just
>> to change language. We have learned to cope, but its still annoying.
>> I got around it by making the pootle logo link to the project page.
>> Not a good case for scaling up.
> 
> I understand, I'm constantly annoyed by it too, but the assumption that
> Language is the primary object goes deeper than just navigation. it is
> in permissions and the url structure too.
> 
> I still think organizing translation workflow on the basis of language
> teams makes more sense for most users though.

I agree it does make sense for organization and the major workflow uses.
No arguments there.

This is purely a matter of accessibility for the less-important group.

AYJ

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