17 Jun
2008
17 Jun
'08
3:10 p.m.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
True, this layout won't fit in 1024.
We could imagine a dropdown to navigate from section to section in the
proposal 2.
Admin in view
mode, with a left menu :
http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministrationLayout1
* 1) How do you select left panels in the Panel Wizard page since
there's no left panels displayed on the image? 2) What does the
screenshots look like in 1024x with the left and right menus active? * I personally don't like this solution since a)
it means introducing
a new navigation feature inside pages when we already have one. (JV
says we already have 2 with horizontal tabs but then that would be 3,
even worse) and b) it doesn't scale with left and right panels open
and c) it's not consistent with edit mode for example and even with
general navigation as it is now.
a) We even have 3 navigation features, view panels (navigation
panels), edit panels (contextual panels) and horizontal tabs.
b) I don't think so.
c) I personaly don't like the fact that we are using panels for
wiki-level navigation (view) and intra-document navigation (edit) but
it's just my POV. Contextual panels are currently used for
intra-document navigation (the only exception is the class switcher
that some users find confusing), view panels for wiki navigation, I
think it's important to differentiate the navigation between the admin
sections.
Admin in view mode, without a left menu :
http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministrationLayout2
This works well on a desktop because the move from "Show all" to the
specific page and back is fast. We need full Ajax for this mode to
work well IMO. This is better than the first option but not perfect.
Admin in edit mode, with a navigation panel :
http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministrationLayout3
+10
By *far* the best solution IMO:
* no cramped space
* easy to navigate from preference to preference * scalable
* consistent with both edit mode and general view mode
Talking about consistency I don't like the fact that the panel wizard
is different from the others sections.
We can imagine other sections that would need some interactions with
the view mode as well.
* no need for another css/styling/new layout scheme
Like proposal 2 (current view mode) and 4 (current admin mode).
* can be easily modified across the board, i.e. if the
user styles the
panels, you get them styled for the admin too
* Focus on the administration while in admin view, no distraction on
the sides
One note: the Panels screenshot is wrong, it shouldn't have the
vertical menu inside the page.
Fixed.
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Jean-Vincent Drean