I take Trevor's side on this one. I agree that the tooltips could be even removed and made into little div popups like mouseovers, however, I think it would be a little overwhelming to see something like that on login.
-bk Trevor Benson wrote: > Do you remember really old FreePBX? It had menu systems split apart in > different areas, it was confusing and wasted a lot of time unless you were > really used to the GUI. It is part of what drove me to just use the config > files for so long until a worthy GUI came out, FreePBX got better, but my > needs were too much as well. > > I mean I could see possibly adding some header tabs to the menu, but deciding > what tabs will be a sub of "This Header Tab" is another one of those "why > does it go there" questions, and could be confusing when people are looking > for it. Possibly an "IVR" Tab could have Voice Menu's, Record a Menu, > anything related to building your menu and audio files as sub tabs hidden > until you click IVR. Then what are the headings for the rest of the master > tabs, and what goes under them? > > All in all I think they are doing a great job the way it is, with as many > features as get added I think a little scrolling is an easy thing to do > compared to the problems other GUI's have splitting menu's and making strange > decisions on where things will be hidden. > > Trevor > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-gui- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Coles >> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:44 PM >> To: '[email protected]' >> Subject: [asterisk-gui] all my tabs won't fit on the screen - revamp >> suggestion >> >> i like the tab menu but there are more tabs than in beta 5 now and on >> my >> screen there falling off the bottom so i have to scroll. asterisknow >> will grow to more tabs thus you need to create space for these. >> >> how about making the help text on the right float freeing up this part >> of the screen you can then add tabs to the right hand side of the >> screen >> as well. >> >> you could also make the console fit the whole width and height by >> removing the digium asterisk logo from the top right and placing in the >> bottom left and the links on the top right could be added as tabs or to >> existing tabs (system configuration could be added to system info, >> about >> digium, report a bug & help could be added to a help tab) >> >> im using: >> Asterisk Build: >> Asterisk 1.4.4 >> Asterisk GUI-version Revision: SVN-branches_asterisknow+r2268 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >> >> asterisk-gui mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-gui >> > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-gui mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-gui > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-gui mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-gui
