resend: [xwiki-users] Backlinks in administration/editing mode - xwiki-users@xwiki.org

1 Aug 2007

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Från: Karin Wiklund 
Skickat: den 17 juli 2007 09:55
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Hi Vincent,

Hi Karin,

On Jul 16, 2007, at 5:08 PM, Karin Wiklund wrote:

...
  Hi,

 First; thanks to everyone who helped me make more blogs in my  
 xwiki, it works beautifully! (though it's not the most beautiful  
 code ever written...)

 Second;
 As far as I can tell there are no links from anywhere in the  
 administration or editing modes to get back to the rest of the  
 wiki. (there are save and cancel options, but that's not the same  
 thing as 'Back') Have I missed something? If not; any hints on how  
 and where to add such links?
 For usability purposes- to make life easier for the future admins  
 of the xwiki I'm setting up... 
* Then I guess you have the same issue when editing pages since the  
navigation on the right disappears? How do you want to solve that?

Yes, it's a problem there too. I want to solve it by constantly showing the same menu,
wherever the user goes

* I've noticed that on the Admin page there's a big blank space on  
the right. We shouldn't have that. Either we should put the normal  
navigation there or use the full space for the admin screens. I think  
we should use the full space.

I think showing the menu at all times is better. Giving users the same way to do stuff
(such as navigate) wherever they are in the system is good usability practice. I'd say
it's preferable that the desicions on what panels to show, and where, should apply on
every single page in the wiki. In whatever kind of mode you're in.

Back to your question, you can click on the Space in the breadcrumbs  
or on the logo to go to the home page or cancel/save. What more would  
you like and where?

Ah, but see the breadcrumbs aren't always showing the directory I took to get to a
certain page. Example: I'm at "Main: Welcome > All Documents of this
Wiki" when 
I realize I should change the rights for a certain user group, so I press Administration
and the breadcrumbs are "XWiki: Administration > Preferences" and I can't
use them to get back to "All Documents of this Wiki". 
The logo takes me to "Main: Welcome" which is also not the place I wanted to go.

Say I change the rights a bit and press Save, I get directed to "XWiki:
Administration". If i hit Cancel instead I end up at "Main: Welcome"
Not what I'm looking for when I want to get back to "Main: Welcome > All
Documents of this Wiki".
What more would I like? A set of panels (navigation or otherwise) always showing on the
side of my choice.

Hopefully I'll have enough time to perform a proper usability test. If my boss lets me
I'd love to share the results with you.

Regards,
//Karin

Thanks
-Vincent