On Aug 25, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote: > Answers continued below : > > >> 11) Since there's now a dialog box for inserting a macro I guess >> there's no submenu that appears when we click on the macro menu >> right? > > > We could choose to keep providing a quick access to most important > macros, > therefore keeping the drop-down menu and adding a "browse macro" > entry as > shown on the first image. > > >> 12) If we want to search for an image can we do it? Can we list all >> images in the current wiki? > > > Right now I have designed an interface for browsing the images of 1 > space. > The user can select any of his wiki's spaces to browe for images. > I'm not > sure a search tool per se would be more efficient than a the browsing > feature given the lack of metadata that could help identify the > topic of an > image. Listing all images in the current wiki might lead to an > overload of > content, hence the breakdown in spaces. > > 13) When inserting a macro, we also need to display the list of >> parameters and their descriptions + have an example in the macro >> description as much as possible + have fields for entering the macro >> parameters (in your image there's only a field for entering the >> content) >> > > In the examples shown, macro parameters can be set using the macro > settings > edition tray. The pro & cons of this approach have been discussed in a > previous thread. The idea was to separate the act of insertion from > the > edition itself : insertion is a one-shot action while settings > edition can > evolve during the edition process.
I think we're not talking about the same thing. Let me take a use case: Imagine I'm a user and I want to insert an include macro. How do I do it? Note that I need to specify 2 parameters: the target document to include and the context (whether it's a new one or the current one). Thanks -Vincent > The tray doesn't break the user edition flow (whereas the dialog box > does). > Therefore I think it is a better design and usability choice. This > way the > user does not need to go through a dialog box each time he wants to > edit a > setting : he can do so in less time, without being interrupted. > > In both cases, I agree we need to find a way to help the user make > the right > choice between available parameters. I'll look into this. > > Guillaume > > >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >> On Aug 21, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: >> >>> Hi Guillaume, >>> >>> Globally I like it. >>> >>> Some comments: >>> >>> 1) Link menu item: >>> * How do we add a link to an email address? >>> * How do we add a link to a generic URI? >>> * How do we add an interwiki link? >>> >>> I think all these can be answered by providing a "Custom Link..." >>> item >>> in the drop down menu to let users enter whatever format they >>> want. It >>> would have 3 fields: >>> - label >>> - reference (this is the free form) >>> - target >>> >>> 2) Insert menu item: >>> * I don't like the "Insert TOC" too much since the TOC is a macro >>> like >>> other macros. BTW this is true for the table too but here I agree >>> that >>> table should be in this menu... which means BTW that for the >>> implementation we need to filter out the table from the macro >>> list... >>> >>> 3) Macro menu item: >>> * Can categories be more than 1 level deep? >>> * Can a macro be in more than 1 category? >>> Note: This means that in the Macro descriptor implementation we need >>> to add the notation of category which we don't currently have (we >>> have >>> macro description and parameters description). >>> >>> 4) Import menu item: >>> * You didn't show the submenu items >>> >>> 5) Link Dialog Box - Browse tab >>> * It's missing the ability to link to a subwiki (i.e. the wiki >>> filter) >>> >>> 6) Link Dialog Box - Search tab >>> * Again missing multiwiki >>> * What if put the name of an attachment. How do I create a link to >>> it >>> from the search dialog box? >>> >>> 7) Link Dialog Box - Recently Modified >>> * By everyone or by me only or both? >>> >>> 8) Link to a web page >>> * Wrong dialog box.... >>> >>> 9) Link to a new page >>> * What about a link to a page in another wiki? >>> * New page title --> New page name. This is not the title! >>> >>> BTW In English there's no space before ":" >>> >>> 10) Link Settings >>> * Not sure I like the fact that you can set tooltip/etc when >>> creating >>> the link. I'm not sure on this. >>> >>> Stopping here for now... need top lay with the kids a bit... >>> >>> Thanks >>> -Vincent >>> >>> On Aug 21, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote: >>> >>>> Hi fellow XWiki users, >>>> I've spent the last couple weeks working on designing mockups for >>>> the new >>>> version of the WYSIWYG editor that's currently in the works. >>>> >>>> I've put all my work on this page : >>>> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ >>>> NewWysiwygEditorInterface >>>> >>>> and I'd be glad to gather initial user feedback on these mockups. >>>> Please >>>> tell us what you think about them now so that we can improve the >>>> screens >>>> before implementation begins at full speed. >>>> >>>> Specifically, I'm wondering about the following things : >>>> >>>> - Can the text be improved to make things easier to understand ? >>>> If so, >>>> where ? >>>> - Are some features harder to reach than they should ? >>>> - Are dialog boxes & trays consistent with user models of how >>>> edition >>>> software usually behaves ? >>>> - Do you see anything that will make an user wonder what's >>>> happening and >>>> where he / she should click next ? >>>> >>>> Please note that the colors are only indicative at this stage - a >>>> designer >>>> will improve my work before we get to the final stage. I'll try >>>> incorporate >>>> your feedback soon and will let you know how the subseuent >>>> development goes. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Guillaume _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
