Posts: 1,526Member, Administrator, Sourcefabric Team
hi,
I've found unused free space on the top of administration GUI. I offer to get rid of top blue square and move user name with help & exit to breadcrumbs panel:
> 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.
i like saving space in the admin interface. that is important,
especially with the step into smart phones and smaller displays.
but, for the same reason, i would like a scalable admin interface that
also works on mobile devices. in my thoughts, requiring minimum 1280
pixel width for admin panel, is not the right way.
we had a big problem here when adding the content to newscoop, because
the IBM thinkpad T60 which is common and great did not support the
resolution of newscoop. so that meant we need to "zoom out" in the
browser to see all features. or, as daniel said, the same happens with
netbooks.
we will work on mobile admin interfaces soon. this is the logical next
step - and building a static sized admin interface is creating more work
in the long term.
Posts: 1,526Member, Administrator, Sourcefabric Team
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:
i think that hierarchically it makes more sense to have this type of information and function (login/logout) over the main navigation then below, but the bigger problem is that on the article edit screen this place is reserved for the "Add new article" function (not implemented yet) like in the example attached.
> 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).
I agree regarding the width, this is a problem and will be fixed. It can be achieved with mostly on CSS modification. The biggest problem at the moment is Tiny, which is table based and has a fixed width.
> 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.
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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> 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 :-)
Posts: 113Member, Administrator, Sourcefabric Team
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.
>
> 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
>
>
> 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
>>
>>
>
>
>
I stumbled across this discussion and realized finally why my backend is so icky to work with. I wonder whether you guys think about people with poor eyesight? I need to set my screen to a large resolution (or zoom in), currently I work with 1024x768 even on a 22" screen, purely for visual problems. You may really want to consider this. Not everyone can adapt to small script.