[xwiki-devs] [Discussion] New WYSIWYG GUI Propositions

[Thomas Mortagne]

  - Proposal Number 1 :
  - Proposal Number 2 :
  - Proposal Number 3 : Thomas
  - Proposal Number 4 : Guillaume

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume at xwiki.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> in order to keep the work going on the new WYSIWYG editor we need to decide
> which UI we want to have for the editor.
>
> Interface proposals & explanations are available on the following page :
>
> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/NewWysiwygEditorInterface
>
> Here are the choices, please cast your vote in front of the one you like
> best :
>
>   - Proposal Number 1 :
>   - Proposal Number 2 :
>   - Proposal Number 3 :
>   - Proposal Number 4 : Guillaume
>
> Please note that this is a vote for an interface concept : the eventual
> colors, icons and look & feel will be reviewed and improved by a designer
> prior to the final implementation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guillaume
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume at xwiki.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>
>>> I like it. However, the way we group the features in the menu bar is very
>>> important. I think we should find the right balance between putting every
>>> option in the menu and putting every option in the associated
>>> dialog/wizard.
>>
>>
>> In some cases we may have an option that is both available from a drop-down
>> menu in the menu bar and through a tab in a modal dialog box - that's not an
>> issue per se. Let's take the example of links : when using the full-fledged
>> editor, you'll be able to access some features from both the menu and the
>> dialog box, while in light editor mode the link button will trigger the
>> dialog box right away and the only way to choose a different mode will be
>> through tabs in the dialog box.
>>
>>
>>> For instance I think it would be wrong to have an Import
>>> menu with entries for any file format you could think of, as it would be
>>> wrong to have a single Import button opening a dialog/wizard with options
>>> for any of those file formats. One solution I can think of is to have a
>>> menu entry like "Import Office Documents" which opens a dialog/wizard from
>>> where you can select what kind of Office document you want to import.
>>
>>
>> We could do the same thing for the import menu that for macros -> use 2
>> levels of drop-down menu (primary : MS Office / Open Office / Other , then
>> secondary : Word / Excel)
>>
>>
>>> In the same way, we could have a single "Link to Document" menu entry with
>>> an
>>> option on the dialog to create the document if it doesn't exist.
>>
>>
>> I added the "new document" menu option because I think it makes things
>> simpler for basic wiki users (who might not be aware that they can create a
>> link towards a page that does not exist yet). We'll have some choices to
>> make during the last stage of the design, but if the overall look & feel is
>> right it shouldn't be too hard.
>>
>>
>>> Guillaume, you should know that in the end the layout (what features and
>>> in what order) of the tool bar, menu bar, tab bar, or whatever we'll
>>> decide on, will not be hard-coded but read from the configuration. For
>>> instance, the layout of the tool bar could be specified as:
>>>
>>> "Bold Italics Strikethrough Underlined | BulletedList NumberedList | ..."
>>
>>
>> Cool, this way it will be easier to experiment with various configurations
>> once the editor gets into user testing mode :-)
>>
>> Guillaume
>>
>>
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Thomas Mortagne