Thanks for that. I got the path vs location deal now. I totally misunderstood, my bad
On 2/20/12 2:50 PM, "Joachim Dreimann" <[email protected]> wrote: >On 20 February 2012 19:27, Jim Callahan <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >> >> On 2/20/12 1:16 PM, "Joachim Dreimann" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>The breadcrumb should reflect this structure, which handily is also >>>existant in the Trac Wiki by default. As I understand it >>>BreadCrumbsNav doesn't do this currently. Also, pages last visited >>>should be returned to via the back button of the browser! >> >> I'd be afraid of complicating the BC functionality. Is there an example >> out there where this multi-level BC functionality is implemented >> successfully. I'm not saying it's not, just that I can't think of one >>off >> the top of my head. > >Apologies Jim for not being clear. Most breadcrumbs show the >*location* (ie File systems, Websites, etc), which is what I believe >Bloodhound should do too. Some breadcrumbs show the *path* of how the >user got there, which is what I understand BreadCrumbsNav does. >(Wikipedia for further brief definitions: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadcrumb_(navigation) ). > >It seems to me that the plugin chose path over location because Trac >doesn't have a structure as such, while Bloodhound will have some >structure. > >> >> My bread crumbs use case is more complicated than a simple click on a >>back >> button. I am constantly managing work for multiple milestones and >> enhancements in multiple different online apps. The BC plugin is key to >>me >> being able to remember what I've done and go back just a little bit. I >> won't necessarily even have a history tomorrow that isn't gummed up by >> 85,000 other links. >> >> But, that may just be me. > >I'm sure that's not just you! I'm at least one other person, and I can >see this being quite a common use case. >Bloodhound provides more functionality to help you with this though: >- Activity (Timeline in Trac) is now very prominent in the UI, and it >makes perfect sense to allow you to filter this by your own actions >- Custom Query Activity - I believe Custom Queries should have the >option to show Activities as well as Tickets, with you being able to >filter both in the same way. >- Dashboard - While it currently only shows you Tickets allocated to >you or watched by you, in future Bloodhound will allow you to watch >anything: eg Projects, Products, Milestones, etc. That will allow you >to keep track of things across all of the Bloodhound instance. >- Projects allow you to keep track of anything (Tickets, Milestones, >etc) across one or more Products. > >- Joe
