19 Jun
2019
19 Jun
'19
5:59 p.m.
Hi Fawad, hi all,
Hi all,
I just gave a try to the latest code, well done with the Solr queries and the search
integration in the user interface, that's cool!
Thanks Stephane. :)
Imho the most convenient UX is the following for these widgets, something similar to
this map:
http://carte.preference-commerce.fr/cci-fr/
That is:
- The facets can get activated from a button. When they get activated, they show up
in an overlay panel on top of the map, without hiding the list.
- The list gets displayed under the search input, in an overlay as well, and can be
completely hidden on request
Just to clarify things, the facets here refer to the "Refine your search" area,
the search input refers to the "Search in map" text input and the list refers to
the map item search results. Is that right?
Yes indeed,
If so, I believe, given the nature of XWiki's
design with widgets to both the right and left (for the default flavor), the space is a
little cramped for overlaying anything on the map. For the implementation of full screen
maps, we can overlay search and facets but for the normal view, the map will become very
small.
Here is a mockup I prepared based on my understanding of your suggestions:
https://up1.xwikisas.com/#SB7B5mLNnfnUVAogWTLarw
Let me know what you think?
I think it's an efficient way to layout the widgets indeed. I agree the map may look
cramped in case there are panels on the left and on the right, but the user typically
would have an option to hide the results, ideally. There's one change I would suggest,
that would be to layout the filters either as an overlay or as a replacement of the list,
and to move the filter button closer to the search input. Regarding the filter position:
the Airbnb search illustrated below behaves quite nicely imho (when you hit "More
filters", you get a new panel on top with all the filters), what do you think?
https://up1.xwikisas.com/#zNABtIwH-Z-hSSUgFx-y4Q
As for the information associated with each point or area, we have several options: either
place it in popups on top of the map like Airbnb, or have it in the search result area,
like what Google Maps proposes, or display it in a lateral panel like GoGoCarto. I would
opt for popups by default, and if possible later on, leave the option to display it in the
search area in case of large content, what do you think? Ideally, the panel for displaying
this information would be a template that could be easily styled and customized for each
map?
I have also come up with an idea to generalize the
museum maps import and export you created, Stephane. We could have a standard form of
wikidata query with some extra custom parameters for each location like the MuseumClass in
the Museums' case. These extra parameter will be checked in JSON and classes will be
created if required so that objects can be associated to each map item and then later
facets can be used based upon these newly created classes.
WDYT?
I think that'd be a nice feature generally speaking to ease the import of Wikidata
into XWiki indeed, I have a side project on which I'm considering such developments as
well, not sure yet about the outcome. If you feel like it will be useful for generating
more demo maps, I'd say that'd be good indeed, but with the caveat of not digging
too much in that direction for not hampering the map development of course.
Also, due to unprecedented circumstances within
college, my exams have been delayed for this week and will start from next week. So I will
be working this whole week on the project as opposed to what I told earlier.
Ok, thank you for letting us know.
I'd say at this stage that'd be great to keep progressing on functional testing
automation and to finalize and release 1.0, I guess we're in tune but, as you did
since the beginning, don't hesitate to raise questions about the priorities and the
next steps of course.
Wishing you good work days ahead,
Cheers
Stéphane
Best,
Fawad
On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 11:04 PM Stéphane Laurière <slauriere(a)xwiki.com
<mailto:slauriere@xwiki.com>> wrote:
Hi Fawad, Caty, all,
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Stéphane Laurière
XWiki – https://xwiki.com
Hi all,
Hoping that everything is going well.
Stephane, I was able to do implement most of your suggestions except the search results
list.
I just gave a try to the latest code, well done with the Solr queries and the search
integration in the user interface, that's cool!
I am not too sure where I should place it. As per
the latest build, the filter widget appears to the left. Do you think it is practical that
we replace this widget with the search results when the user wants to see the search
results and show the widget back again when the user clicks on the widget control? I am
not too sure what approach I should choose here in terms of UX.
Ecaterina, your views on this would help a lot. Thanks. :)
Imho the most convenient UX is the following for these widgets, something similar to
this map:
http://carte.preference-commerce.fr/cci-fr/
That is:
- The facets can get activated from a button. When they get activated, they show up
in an overlay panel on top of the map, without hiding the list.
- The list gets displayed under the search input, in an overlay as well, and can be
completely hidden on request
It's rather close to what Google Maps proposes as well, except that the facets
replace the list in that case (when hitting "Autres filtres"), which is a bit
less convenient in my opinion, but not a big deal:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/Restaurants/@48.865957,2.352974,16z
What do you think?
Also, do you foresee the map to take full browser
height and width as is seen in all the examples you gave me?
That would be a nice feature to have a button on the map to turn it full-screen
indeed, similarly to what happens with the XWiki text editor.
Cheers
Stéphane
Regarding the release, I will try preparing
everything by tonight so that it is available for your review, including the demo tests
that Vincent suggested.
Best,
Fawad
On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 12:59 PM Stéphane Laurière <slauriere(a)xwiki.com
<mailto:slauriere@xwiki.com> <mailto:slauriere@xwiki.com
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