19 Aug
2014
19 Aug
'14
7:46 p.m.
On 08/18/2014 11:34 AM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) wrote:
Hi devs,
We have http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10745 (Improve the display of
available languages in Flamingo) which is related to
http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-6402 (Separate Interface language and
page language settings)
While in Flamingo we could just make the language links look better,
without changing the functionality, for the future, the separation is
something we might want to tackle, that's why I've created this proposal
page
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/InterfaceAndContentLanguage…
I am interested in what you think about the variants.
2.1 doesn't scale well.
2.2 is clean and simple (especially 2.2.3), but it's not as easy to notice.
Like Jean said, 2.3 makes the menu cluttered, but on the other hand it
is visible enough not to be missed.
2.4 is not easy to find, it hides the translations behind a menu.
-1 for 2.1 and 2.4. Between 2.2 and 2.3, I think people only need to
discover the translation feature once, while the big menu button will
always take up space. So +1 for 2.2.
-1 for 2.2.2, that's a menu and not a link.
Between 2.2.1 and 2.2.3, I find that 2.2.3 is not obvious enough. Are
there any other elements in the skin that implement selections as a
simple text? If not, then for consistency we should use 2.2.1. Users are
used to certain controls, and I'm not sure the most non-technical of our
users will know that they can click on that item even if doesn't look
like a drop down.
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Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu