Re: [xwiki-devs] [VOTE][UI] WYSIWYG Wiki Explorer

On Nov 25, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Anca Paula Luca wrote: > Jean-Vincent Drean wrote: >> In a previous thread we've discussed about how to add a link in the >> WYSIWYG editor, and more generally, how to browse the wiki from a >> WYSIWYG dialog box (See http://markmail.org/message/ >> tyxrcr24w3n6m2pn >> for more details). >> >> After some thinking and a discussion with Laurent Lunati, I'd >> like to >> suggest a 3rd way of browsing the wiki from the WYSIWYG: an >> enhanced >> tree menu. >> >> I've put the mockups and Pros/Cons on this wiki page : >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/NewWysiwygEditorWikiExplorer >> This wiki explorer widget would be used in the link dialogs, image >> dialogs, file (attachment) dialogs. >> >> Here's my +1 for 3) A). >> +1 for 3) with filter option. > +1 for 3A), despite the fact that user needs to scroll through all > the pages to > add his new one.There are 2 usecases for adding a new page: > * the user hasn't found the page he's looking for -- in which case > he'd need to > see the whole list anyway (maybe with a search filter) > * the user knows that the page does not exist and wants to put a > link to it -- > in which case I think he knows what he's doing and he'd use the > "advanced input" > anyway. > > I find the add option _at the end_ (A) more natural than _at the > beginning_ (B, > C), because you're supposed to add new things when you've explored > all other > possibilities and none suited your needs. So to follow your strategy, if I want to add a page in the XWiki space, I'll have either to scroll by thousands of documents or enter some characters in the filter so that I know it won't return lots of matches so that I can then see the add page link... hmm... doesn't sound right to me. What am I missing (I'm asking since everyone seems to agree with A).