9 Oct
2014
9 Oct
'14
5:57 p.m.
Hi,
In fact, colibri top-menu was better than bootstrap buttons ! :D
Why not putting back old ways of interacting ?
- re-add display of dropdown menu on hover [1]
- re-add underlining on hover of links in menu text
Problem I feel is for second item as it seems bootstrap won't easily allow
you to hover on something (for dropdown) and click on it (to do something
else than show dropdown). Also I suppose there are impacts on mobile
version.
I don't think the new flamingo way is bad, but visually it looks very
similar to colibri (a text + a little triangle), but when you hover nothing
happens, and you have no visual clue that something different may happen if
you click on the text or on the triangle. For example take the "New" button
in Outlook 2007 which is exactly a dropdown button, when I hover on it I
see a clear separation between the "New" text, and the arrow, so I can
assume that both lead to different results.
With the "Add" and "Edit" buttons it's completely different, you
see the
separation, and on hoovering the color changes (of the text OR of the arrow
background). You are prepared to the fact that something different will
occur.
But doing the same in top menu would clearly not fit expected look&feel of
this beautiful skin...
BR,
Jeremie
[1] - http://cameronspear.com/demos/bootstrap-hover-dropdown/
2014-10-09 16:02 GMT+02:00 vincent(a)massol.net <vincent(a)massol.net>et>:
On 9 Oct 2014 at 14:23:49, Eduard Moraru (enygma2002(a)gmail.com(mailto:
enygma2002(a)gmail.com)) wrote:
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On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 3:15 PM,
vincent(a)massol.net
wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9 Oct 2014 at 14:02:05, Eduard Moraru (enygma2002(a)gmail.com(mailto:
> enygma2002(a)gmail.com)) wrote:
>
> > Folks, you speak of consistency and then come up with this
solution...
> >
> > So we have a problem with "non-standard bootstrap dropdown buttons"
that
> > our users (whoever they may be) have a
problem with understanding
that
> > there is either an action or a dropdown
involved in the same button,
like
> > they can encounter in other interfaces
along their computer usage
> history.
> >
> > Our solution is to stop using the mixed mode, and only use the
"standard
> > bootstrap dropdown buttons" that
have their first action in the
submenu
the
"It seems they either don’t understand the little triangles and what it’s
about (submenu?) or they click on the menu itself and go to another page
when they were expecting some menu to drop down, or.."
There is no difference from the "problem" you have mentioned in the OP. thing that would have happened in the past when
the users clicked
directly
the action part of the "mixed button"
we were using.
Ok, we implement this solution, but we only do it for the top
navigational
elements. We completely ignore the
"Add" and the "Edit" buttons that
"suffer" from exactly the same "problem".
My question is: why?
If we do/did decide that this is the way to go, we should at least be
consistent and do it everywhere in the UI, otherwise it just causes
frustrations.
There’s a difference. For the Edit/Add button click the button will do
what the user wants. Click the arrow is only for advanced featurs.
user sees an arrow and clicks on the button to
expand the menu, but
instead
ends up reloading the page (either to edit mode
or to view mode, same
thing). You will say that he wanted to edit anyway, yes, but maybe he did
not want to edit in the default mode, so the user's "intent" (as you
defined it in the OP) is still not respected.
We either do it one way, or the other, all I ask for is consistency. Do
we
want to introduce yet another compromise in this
young skin?
The problem I saw is that users were not clicking the arrow but the main
button part (thus navigating instead of having the main options).
What we want is that it’s the simplest possible for the user for his use
case at hand:
- When I click Edit or Add (not the arrow, the button) it’s the simplest
possible. Edit will choose the good default mode and add will add a page
- When I click the wiki/space/page button (not the arrow) I want the
actions to be displayed rather than the navigation since navigation is a
secondary use case for these buttons
At least that’s how I view it.
Forcing the user to have 2 clicks to do the main action on a button would
be a pity.
Now you’re going to say that we could keep the arrow for the
wiki/space/page buttons to navigate. We could, but it doesn’t feel natural.
What do you suggest?
Thanks
-Vincent
Thanks,
Eduard
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
> > Thanks,
> > Eduard
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) > > wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <
> > > valicac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Some background:
> > > > * Colibri
> > > > ** menus displayed on hover
> > > > ** custom menu JS
> > > > ** menu entries could be icon+label+separator+link+whatever
> > > >
> > > > * Flamingo
> > > > ** menus displayed on click
> > > > ** menu component from Bootstrap
> > > > ** it expects simple links or menu dropdown containers (not both
> > > functions)
> > > >
> > > > Theoretically Bootstrap doesn't support our use case and cannot
> replicate
> > > > by default the Colibri's behavior.
> > > > Any change we want to make to the menu Bootstrap component means
we
> are
> > > > branching from the default behavior and we will create a custom
one.
> > > > We really need to listen to
clicks and not hover state, since we
> need to
> > > > be mobile compatible.
> > > >
> > > > It's normal that the users feel a bit confused since they are
used
> with a
> > > > certain behavior and we tried to mix them in order to have both
menu
> and
> > > > navigation use cases.
> > > > And I think the reason is a bit confusing is that the separation
> between
> > > > the link and the arrow is invisible, compared with the btn-groups
> used
> > > for
> > > > Edit or Add. For example, I think that making the separation more
> clean,
> > > > like in this screenshot
> > > > http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/attachment/28807/btn-group.png
would
> > > improve
> > > > a bit the things, but would need visual improvements and is not
> default
> > > > also. Maybe we could think of a better solution if we were to go
on
> this
> > > > path.
> > > >
> > > > Behavior like double clicking a certain element will be a hidden
> > > > interaction for the users. Double clicking is not a Web behavior
and
> you
> > > > cannot expect users to know on which links to simple click vs. on
> which
> > > to
> > > > double click. In the usability testing sessions users had a hard
> time to
> > > > double click on uploading image in the WYSIWYG popup, so I'm not
sure
> > > about
> > > > this approach's success.
> > > >
> > > > Regarding the IntelliJ IDEA screenshot, we already discuss about
this
> > > idea
> > > > and even made a similar proposal some long time ago, see
> > > >
>
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ActionMenuNavigation
> > > > Although this proposal is a
nice idea and I would like to have
it, I
> > > don't
> > > > see how this would 'simplify' the current implementation. IMO
it
will
> > > make
> > > > it even more complex and we would certainly need a custom menu.
Also
> I
> > > see
> > > > this as a new feature, than a solution to our current problem.
> > > >
> > > > When we implemented the current solution we discussed if the
> navigation
> > > > should be put on the text or on the icon, see
> > > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10449 . The main problem is
the
> > > > findability of this
functionality. Users might never press that
icon
> > > (this
> > > > problem applies to the solution brainstorming and the breadcrumb
> > > proposal).
> > > >
> > > > So I think the idea to have an entry with "Go to ..." could
be a
> solution
> > > > and to keep the menus interact with the default behavior
(removing
> the
> > > > navigation from the dropdown activator).
> > > > Removing triangles is not an option. That is a default menu
marker
> caret.
> > > >
> > > > So what are the next steps? We do a issue with the "Go to
..."
> solution?
> > > >
> > >
> > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11166
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Caty
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Guillaume "Louis-Marie"
Delhumeau <
> > > > gdelhumeau(a)xwiki.com>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi.
> > > >>
> > > >> I am happy that this topic is coming back.
> > > >>
> > > >> 2014-09-24 10:04 GMT+02:00 vincent(a)massol.net :
> > > >>
> > > >> > Hi devs,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I’ve had a few persons tell me that they don’t like the
small
> arrow in
> > > >> the
> > > >> > top level menu in Flamingo. It seems they either don’t
understand
> the
> > > >> > little triangles and what it’s about (submenu?) or they
click
on
> the
> > > >> menu
> > > >> > itself and go to another page when they were expecting some
menu
> to
> > > drop
> > > >> > down, or...
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> I don't like it neither. It is not consistent with other
projects
> (such
> > > as
> > > >> JIRA). It is not consistent with what we are planning to do
about
> the UI
> > > >> language (see:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
>
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Proposal/InterfaceAndContentLang…
> > > >> ).
> > > >> It is harder to use on mobiles, and people are surprised by what
> occurs
> > > >> when they click on it.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> > In addition we’re still missing a solution to easily
navigate
the
> wiki
> > > >> > from any page (there’s the ctrl+G solution but this is more
like a
> > > >> shortcut
> > > >> > to know and we need something more).
> > > >> >
> > > >> > So here are some ideas:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > * For the top level menu, make it simpler by having the drop
down
> > > >> display
> > > >> > when you click anywhere in the menu (the whole width of it)
and
> only
> > > >> > navigate when you double click (there are actually few
reasons to
> need
> > > >> to
> > > >> > navigate with the other idea below so we could also not do
the
> double
> > > >> click
> > > >> > thing)
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> +1
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> > * In the breadcrumb OR in the top level menu OR in both (to
be
> > > decided)
> > > >> > use something like this (screenshot taken from IntelliJ
IDEA):
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > >
>
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s119/sh/20e99ab3-2991-4aa8-a7b5-93088aad4944…
> > > >> >
> > > >> > This means when you click at a given level you get to see
all
> sibling
> > > >> > elements in the wiki for element you’re currently on
(document,
> space,
> > > >> > wiki).
> > > >> >
> > > >> > For example clicking on the “Home” wiki would show:
> > > >> > - A filter box allowing you to type and it would auto
suggest
as
> you
> > > >> type,
> > > >> > completing with wiki names
> > > >> > - An icon would be displayed on the left (or on the right)
of
the
> > > filter
> > > >> > box and if you click on it you’ll go the index page (Wiki
Index in
> > > this
> > > >> > case)
> > > >> > - A list of the first 10 wikis (an improvement would be to
list
> first
> > > >> the
> > > >> > wiki that you’ve last navigated to)
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Same would apply for spaces and pages.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > We could even imagine that when you’re on a user profile
page,
> > > clicking
> > > >> on
> > > >> > it would display other user pages and the filter would
filter
on
> user
> > > >> > pages. Actually we could imagine to when the current page
has
> XObjects
> > > >> in
> > > >> > it, it would be possible to list all other pages in the
wiki
> having
> > > the
> > > >> > same XClass. And if there are several XObjects, then somehow
in
> the UI
> > > >> > allow selecting which one to consider as the filter
criteria.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > * Note 1: The breadcrumb is currently not displayed on all
pages
> (it’s
> > > >> not
> > > >> > on the home page for example) and thus if we implement this
idea
> in
> > > the
> > > >> > breadcrumb only then there’s no solution for navigating on
the
> home
> > > >> page.
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> This is a behaviour that I have put because I thought it was not
> pretty
> > > to
> > > >> have a useless breadcrumb on the home page. It can be changed.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> > * Note 2: If we were to implement this idea on the top level
menu,
> > > then
> > > >> we
> > > >> > still need to display the actions too. Several options:
> > > >> > - a) Display the actions first and the navigation list
after
> separated
> > > >> by
> > > >> > a -----
> > > >> > - b) Have a first entry in the drop down that says
“Actions...”
> and
> > > when
> > > >> > you move the mouse over it a secondary menu with all actions
are
> > > >> displayed.
> > > >> > Note that the alternative is possible too: Display the
actions and
> > > have
> > > >> a
> > > >> > “Go to..." menu entry. We would just need to choose to
display
> what we
> > > >> > think is the most used default (actions or navigation)
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> +1
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> > WDYT?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Personally I would do this:
> > > >> > - implement this idea for the breadcrumb
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> +0, I need to think more about it
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> > - add “Go to wiki...”, “Go to space...", “Go to
page..." menu
> entries
> > > in
> > > >> > the Wiki/Space/Page top level menus
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> +1
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> > - expand the menu selection to the whole width for
displaying
the
drop
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small arrow)
> >> >
> >>
> >> +1
> >>
> >>
> >> > - either support double-click or simply add the possibility to
> navigate
> >> to
> >> > that element in the “Go to xxx...” submenu
> >> >
> >>
> >> +1
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > -Vincent
> >> >
> >> >
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