Hi Andrey,

> I offer to get rid of top blue square and move user name with help &
> exit to breadcrumbs panel

That will save some vertical space on a desktop with high resolution (in
terms of width in pixels), but it might mean that the admin interface
becomes too wide to use on a laptop or other mobile display.

In the attached example, I have reduced the width of your screenshot to
1024 pixels. You can see the article name, on the left, now runs into
the name of the logged-in user, on the right. There are still many
laptops in use with 1024 x 768 displays, or netbooks with 1024 x 600.
The iPad is also 1024 x 768.

If you want to mandate that the Newscoop admin display must be at least
1280 pixels wide, then the change you suggest would work. To me, that
seems like an artificial restriction for software that should be able to
run on any Internet device.

Cheers!

Daniel

hi Daniel,
unfortunately, newscoop's admin gui is not suitable for 1024 resolution especially for touch screen. I guess it will be implemented later.
But too many unused spaces are unsuitable for screen with small resolution. Btw, as idea we can implement user menu:

Hi Andrey,

> unfortunately, newscoop's admin gui is not suitable for 1024 resolution

At the moment I can get down to 657 pixels wide in Firefox without
breaking the navigation menu. We really should set a formal minimum
display size as a 'requirement' of Newscoop, such as:

Minimum: 1024 x 600
Recommended: 1280 x 1024

> as idea we can implement user menu:
> index.php/fa/64/0/

I like that, it saves a lot of space :-)

I can't read Russian, but if the label on the user menu is the full user
name, then people will be able to see who is currently logged in at a
glance (which is really important when people have to share a computer).

Cheers!

Daniel

Hi Vladimir,

> the bigger problem is that on the article edit screen this
> place is reserved for the "Add new article" function (not implemented
> yet)

I really don't like that idea. If you create too many ways to do the
same thing, it just creates clutter and confusion. From the main menu,
Actions -> Add new article is only two clicks. On the Article list it is
only one click :-)

Besides, I think the implied workflow is wrong. If you are a writer on
the Article Edit page, you don't need to start a new article from there.
You need to submit the article you are working to your editor, or send
it for translation, before you start another article.

Cheers!

Daniel

Np, if you say so I can live without it. One of the reasons it exists is existed before.

we need to have "add new article" on the article edit screen. i need it
all the time. seriously, it's a "must have" for me.

the use case:

a) you set up a section
b) you add all the articles "empty" (i.e. prepare for the editors)
c) people start working on these articles

the workflow:

a) press: add new article
b) type in name and select article type then press enter
c) select "add new article"

even when setting up the sourcefabric.org website - which is really not
a publication, but more like a static page - i missed that button all
the time. all the time.

so, please, a must have!!!


On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 13:23 +0100, Daniel James wrote:
> > the bigger problem is that on the article edit screen this
> > place is reserved for the "Add new article" function (not
> implemented
> > yet)
>
> I really don't like that idea. If you create too many ways to do the
> same thing, it just creates clutter and confusion. From the main menu,
> Actions -> Add new article is only two clicks. On the Article list it
> is
> only one click :-)
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Hi Micz,

> even when setting up the sourcefabric.org website - which is really not
> a publication, but more like a static page - i missed that button all
> the time.

Sounds like what you really need is a keyboard shortcut :-)

Cheers!

Daniel

Apologies, didn't see Andrey's latest suggestion... Looks quite good ("more
of this kind" could live there throughout?)

Sava

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Sava Tatić <sava.tatic@sourcefabric.org>wrote:

> Keyboard shortcuts would surely be nice. (Save and Close, then new article
> from Article List also does the trick). Maybe the "New article" button
> should find a more logical place (i.e. we could find a place for a shortcut
> for "more of a kind")... Just throwing in ideas.
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Daniel James <
> newscoop-dev@lists.sourcefabric.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Micz,
>>
>>
>> > even when setting up the sourcefabric.org website - which is really not
>> > a publication, but more like a static page - i missed that button all
>> > the time.
>>
>> Sounds like what you really need is a keyboard shortcut :-)
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>
>
>


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