Hello all, Guillaume D tallked to me about this so, as any visual issue, I have an opinion about it too. I think thhe button should be, at least for now, in the top menu (see under for the explanation if you want). Hoewver, var 3 has 2 problems for me: 1. the + button for the add in the top menu is 1/ not consistent with other menus which have labels and 2/ can be interpreted as a "more menus", like you'd click on the + to get "hidden" menu items 2. If I have a 1920px screen, what reason in the world would I have to not want to see the full search input directly? I think a full search input is better, greyed as proposed in 3.2 I would like something like Var 2, with Add button controlled by color theme with the possibility to choose for it the same color as the menu, to "melt" it in the menu (so that it would be less visibile). And a grayed search box, or responsive so that if the screen is small, it's reduced to an icon (like in Var 3). Now, on the placement of the button: I think it's hard to understand how can Add Space or Add Wiki be next to editing the current page. Indeed, you can consider that, since the created page is a child page of the current page, it makes sense to Add a page in the context of the current page BUT, until rights are inherited on the parent-child relation, this is a very dangerous logic to highlight to users. Also, you can choose the space of the new page upon creation, thus creating it "elsewhere" but the "current context", so it can be considered as a non-context related action. Sorry I didn't feedback earlier about this, it seems it's indeed easier when you see it (or show it to other people). Also it was probably always surrounded a bit by the whole confusion created for me by the placement of the edit buttons to the right (I am used to going to the left so it's always puzzling for me; I'll just get used to it, this is a change I like). Thanks, Anca On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
On 3 Oct 2014 at 18:40:50, Jeremie BOUSQUET ([email protected] (mailto:[email protected])) wrote:
2014-10-03 15:57 GMT+02:00 Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) :
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:50 PM, [email protected] wrote:
On 3 Oct 2014 at 15:33:53, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) (
(mailto:[email protected])) wrote:
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 3:28 PM, [email protected] wrote:
On 3 Oct 2014 at 13:05:08, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) (
(mailto:[email protected])) wrote:
> Hi, > > Some notes about the proposal: > > - I like the 'Add' represented as '+' and after the Wiki/Space/Page > breadcrumb, because is somehow consistent with the '+' (More applications) > from the AppBar. Provides a way to create elements of a particular type in > the near vicinity where the elements are displayed.
What I don’t like is that it’s the only menu entry at the top that wouldn’t have any text (just an icon) and it’s one of the most important one.
As I said in the proposal "Well known actions are represented with icons, while we provide text only for user generated entities (Wiki/Space/Page/User names)”.
But I don’t see this anywhere in the current UI: we have “Edit”, “Add”, “More Actions..” which are all well known actions...
Is that a new rule you’d like to have?
If it is, it makes more sense to me to move all to this new rule at once instead of doing an exception just for the Add button, don’t you think so?
So yes, is not something existing, it was more of a premise I based my design when I did iterations (in order to assure consistency). For example, one of the iterations looks like this
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Proposal/FlamingoAddMenuLocationI...
(where even Edit and More actions are replaced with only icons) ... but again these are design ideas, iterations and proposals.
I really like this one, as it's consistent with your premise and not "half consistent”.
Yes I also like it because it makes the UI a bit less cluttered. What I don’t like is “half consistent”, i.e. just the “+” without the rest using long names.
Now I’m not sure if at this stage we’re prepared to make such a larger jump/change for 6.2.2. This is why I was proposing to move the Add feature at the top while keeping the “Add” text for now and do what Caty proposes as the next step. OTOH if everyone agrees with this change right now, I’m fine with going ahead with it right now too...
Thanks -Vincent
I understand Vincent's point, but my "issue" is that the "+" in top menu doesn't look like an icon, it looks like a '+' character, and could use same font as the other text on left side (except that it's a bit thicker). So it seems half-way between an entity (as it's almost text) and a well known action (as it's an icon). This is not the case for the icons on the right side of top bar, as they clearly don't look like any character you usually produce with a keyboard (bell, message, magnifying glass).
I don't really like the cog icon (and I never did), because if you don't know it yet you have no idea what to expect inside (I would except some administration or configuration stuff, which is not the case). Of course there are habits, but as a first time user, if I tell you "please administrate rights of this page", would you click on the pencil or on the cog ? ;-)
I’d use a color (the green one looks fine to me to make it
visible)
for
now for 6.2.2 and maybe do some usability testing on various variations as you did for the other usability tests, in order to gather more feedback and have more time to gather it.
I've also iterated on the 'green color' idea, see
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Proposal/FlamingoAddMenuLocationI...
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Proposal/FlamingoAddMenuLocationI...
but I prefer the initial proposal (with white) since I think the contrast is better and also we keep consistency between elements.
I don’t think there needs to be a consistency because we want to draw attention to it which is not the case for the other elements. That said, using a “+” without text would be a consistency issue since it’s the only one like this...
Anyway, I don’t want to fight too long on this because I’d like us to move forward so if others are ok to use just a “+” with the same color as the other menus, then I’m fine (even though I don’t like it). BTW I hope it’s not too small and can be clicked on a mobile ;)
Actually I would need to make a proposal also for the mobile version, since there things are a bit messed up (because of the Search change) and we might need to provide a custom order.
Thanks, Caty
Thanks -Vincent
sign > > itself green, or with some green border, whatever. Whatever we do, we > > should try to consider Caty's opinion on style here since she might have a > > better eye and this proposal here seems to be towards that direction. > > > > IMO, one very interesting thing to note is the extended (3.4) version and > > long term view that we also need to take into account and, at least to me, > > that looks really slick. > > > > I think we should stick to the original intent of this Flamingo skin, with > > the addition of Bootstrap's style, and keep it slick, minimalistic and to > > the point. The users should focus more on the content instead of the UI, > > don`t u think? > > > > ------ > > On a related note, If you ask me, I would be in favor of also removing the > > labels from "Edit" and "More actions" and just go with the *all too > > obvious* "pencil" and "cog" icons. GMail uses the "cog" icon with 0 > > problems and I kind of trust that their UX army did their research and > > impact studies for that :) > > > > Also, on matters of "consistency" we would achieve the following statement: > > "Actions have only icons, while entities have an icon and a label that > > displays the entity's name". > > - Actions: add, edit, search, more actions, etc. > > - Entities (with dropdown menu for actions on the entries): wiki, space, > > page, user. > > ------ > > > > Let's keep this skin clean and a pleasure to work on/with, WDYT? > > > > Thanks, > > Eduard > > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < > > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've created this proposal > > >
> Comment to page' and 'Add - Attachment to page' are part of the Colibri > skin, but IMO were 'close to never' used. I remember a bug on them that > made them unusable and we discovered it after some years or something. Also > I don't think we should provide buttons for all the functionality we can > think of, but leave them be created from their context. I prefer having > buttons just for the generic and base concepts of XWiki (in the try of > keeping it minimal and simple). > > - We are kind of going a bit too crazy about brainstorming and ideas. The > only conclusion we need to reach is if for Flamingo we move the button back > top.
Yes I agree completely with this. We shouldn’t mix everything right now or we won’t progress.
The only other thing that we may want to have in 6.2.2 too is the removal of the 2 part-buttons at the top and the introduction of the “Go to…” for navigation.
I've created http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11166 and http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11167
Thanks, Caty
The rest is fine to discuss and tune for 6.3+ IMO.
Thanks -Vincent
> Thanks, > Caty
> > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Eduard Moraru wrote: > > > Big +1 for Var3 for the simple fact that it looks like a "holistic"/global > > approach that does not only focus on a specific element,
like the "Add"
> > button and currently falls into the mistake of making it a bright shiny > > beacon to misguided users, resulting in something that is overall > > disturbing to the eye. Same can be said about the "Search" element, since > > it now reduces the heavy contrast of both the search input (bright white on > > dark background) and its search button (bright colored blue on dark > > background). > > > > About the Search button (re: Jeremie): Because it is the first element in > > its group, it will show to the left and no other elements will be > > disturbed, so the transition will be nice for users. Basically the expand > > search button (the magnifying glass) becomes a button once you expand it, > > so there should be no flicker or anything like that. > > - As an alternative, if we really are against > > transitions/animations/expandable elements/etc, we could just present the > > search as directly expanded (classic way), but still keep the darker input > > color to avoid the "kitch" effect described above due to high contrasts. > > > > About the + (Add) button, IMO, the only thing we could do more if we really > > want to emphasize it in an *elegant* fashion, would be to make the
> - Although I know there will be some initial findability issues for the > 'Add', after the user founds it I don't think it will have problems finding > it again. We can improve the findability by finally providing an > Introductory Wizard. Except for the initial moments when you learn XWiki, I > don't see the point of having a very distinctive style for 'Add' and I > would prefer to go on the consistent/integrated with the other navbar > elements direction. > > - The same comment about a distinctive style for 'Search'. IMO 'Search' > should look integrated in the .navbar. > > - I dislike the idea of having multiple 'Add' buttons. Also the 'Add
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/FlamingoAddMenuLocation
> > > Please read it and give your opinion on it. The proposal is based on > > > discussed solution, but improves a bit the styling. > > > > > > If you are curious how I reached some of the proposal's conclusions, you > > > can see it's iterations > > > > > > > >
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/FlamingoAddMenuLocationItera...
> > > > > > Thanks, > > > Caty > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Guillaume Lerouge > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > actually one thing we could try is this: > > > > > > > > - *Keep the "Add" button where it is and use it for page-related > > > > actions:* > > > > - "Add child page" > > > > - "Add comment" (as suggested by Denis) > > > > - "Add attachment" (as suggested by Denis) > > > > > > > > > > > > - *Add a "Create" button in the top bar, with 2/3 options:* > > > > - "Create page" (TBD) > > > > - "Create space" > > > > - "Create wiki" > > > > - In this case, after clicking "Create" the user would be presented > > > with > > > > a page / modal box listing existing instances as well as available > > > > templates > > > > > > > > I think this would solve both my issues (having less-frequent actions > > in > > > > the same location as a more-frequent one, not being in the right place > > on > > > > the page) and GuillaumeD's wife issue (the "Add" button is easy to find > > > > where it is right now, why move it?). > > > > > > > > WDYT? > > > > > > > > Guillaume > > > > ᐧ > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:48 PM, [email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2 Oct 2014 at 13:31:56, Eduard Moraru ( [email protected] > > (mailto: > > > > > [email protected])) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On that note: > > > > > > The funny/sad thing to realise is that we are basing all this > > > > discussion > > > > > on > > > > > > the fact that some users did not find the "Add" button *only the > > > first > > > > > > time* they tried to do something. The realization is that this is > > one > > > > of > > > > > > those things (idioms[1][2]) that you learn once and know how to > > > easily > > > > do > > > > > > the next 1000x times (like riding a bike). > > > > > > > > > > > > The real problem appears when you are in those "next 1000x time" > > and > > > > you > > > > > > find it cumbersome to use (like riding a bike with no saddle, or > > with > > > > the > > > > > > saddle on backwards :) ). So in both cases (top or middle of the > > > page) > > > > > once > > > > > > you find it once, you will find it again, however in the middle of > > > the > > > > > page > > > > > > it conflicts too often with the Edit button and other page related > > > > > actions, > > > > > > that it becomes cumbersome to use. > > > > > > > > > > Indeed that’s something I had in mind too. If you just ask to add a > > > page > > > > > and that’s all then you’re not doing a full test. You’d need to ask > > the > > > > > user to: > > > > > - add a page > > > > > - delete a page > > > > > - move a page > > > > > - create a space > > > > > - etc > > > > > > > > > > And then only you can draw some conclusion IMO. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > -Vincent > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Eduard > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > > [1] http://thor.info.uaic.ro/~evalica/hci/L2/ > > > > > > [2] > > > > > > >
https://www.englishforums.com/English/IdiomsVsMetaphors/cqwl/post.htm
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:47 PM, [email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2 Oct 2014 at 11:06:00, Guillaume Louis-Marie Delhumeau ( > > > > > > > [email protected](mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have done the "test-on-my-wife" thing :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > She finds it more intuitive to add a page from the current > > page, > > > so > > > > > in > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > current location, instead of the "black bar that gives the > > > > > impression of > > > > > > > > not beeing a part of that page" (that she did not manage to > > find > > > by > > > > > > > > herself). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I then explained that the buttons inside the page only concern > > > the > > > > > > > actions > > > > > > > > that you can do on that page, meanwhile adding a new page > > should > > > be > > > > > put > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > an other location. She did not like this logic :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So with this logic we should remove the top bar completely and > > move > > > > all > > > > > > > actions inside the page, i.e. have only 1 menu inside the page. > > > > > Because if > > > > > > > she couldn’t find the Add button there she also wouldn’t be able > > to > > > > > find > > > > > > > all wiki-related actions, space-related actions and more > > > importantly > > > > > > > **page-related** actions like copy page, rename page or delete > > > page… > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also would be fun to ask your wife to try using Confluence and > > see > > > if > > > > > she > > > > > > > fails to create a page there too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > -Vincent > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Users' logic and developer's logic are not the same. I like the > > > > > current > > > > > > > > location too, except that we should propose "create page" > > before > > > > > "create > > > > > > > > wiki". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I really would like to have some feedback of normal users, with > > > > the 2 > > > > > > > > proposals. We, as developers, are not good at making things > > that > > > > look > > > > > > > > simple for other people, so we should not take this decision > > > alone. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Guillaume Delhumeau
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