[LogiLogi-list] Insert, Edit, Remove and Settings-ui's
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From: Wybo W. <wy...@lo...> - 2009-05-06 15:02:20
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While implementing the removal of links, remarks, and such, I came across the problem that currently the editing UI's are not very consistent. There is especially a problem with the View, Edit, Insert bar at the top of the logi. I believe we came across this earlier, but not to this extent. The core of the problem being that Remove and Settings are not in there, while remove needs a further subdivision of what to remove, links, remarks, or external links. And just showing the text and having users remove everything mixed, is problematic from a back- end perspective... And in addition, settings doesn't need the text of the logi, so where to put the bar in that case ? I've thought about several solutions. The main difficuly being that we nest a logi inside the tabbed bar, when we insert a commenting logi, that for removing stuff, we need tabs at the top, and that for settings we don't use the logi at all. I think the solution could be to let go of having the UI display nesting through an enclosing border on tabbed elements alltogether. After all we already don't do nesting for the main-page recent logis, and for the main selection-bar in the search, browse, and view modes. A proposal is in: docs/ui-designs/UI_proposal_D_softblues_better_edit.svg (not in the trunk, but in docs, online here http://logilogi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/logilogi/docs/ui-designs/UI_proposal_D_softblues_better_edit.svg) In it I updated the view and edit layers. The basic idea is to add an edit tab to the main selection-bar, which then has search, browse, view, and edit, and then have another tabbed selection below that to edit the text, insert stuff, etc. In order to allow users to find the way to inserting remarks and links, there will be a button in the view (where now the view, edit and insert-bar is) that takes one to insert remark directly. In this way the editing-ui's can be more consistent, and easy to reach at the same time. And not just that, it's also very easy to implement given it consists of basic elements already used throughout the site. I also created a simpler alternative, in which the main selection-bar is not at the top while editing, and moving to edit also happens via a button: docs/ui-designs/UI_proposal_D_softblues_better_edit_simple.svg http://logilogi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/logilogi/docs/ui-designs/UI_proposal_D_softblues_better_edit_simple.svg Let me know what you think of them. I plan on implementing it (as of) tomorrow evening, before the Philosophers Rally of next week, so there is some hurry :) Wybo |