On 19 October 2013 14:07, Branko Čibej <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 18.10.2013 11:45, Joachim Dreimann wrote:
> > On 18 October 2013 03:06, Branko Čibej <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> On 17.10.2013 23:42, Joe Dreimann wrote:
> >>>> On 17 Oct 2013, at 23:14, Olemis Lang <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm forwarding this message on behalf of a user (after translating the
> >>>> original text in Spanish, adding a bit of slang-ish terms and
> >>>> inserting my own comments ;) . I mostly agree in some points that's
> >>>> why I'm forwarding it to the ML, especially to request for keeping QCT
> >>>> ticket notification visible long after creation, figure out how/where
> >>>> to include it and file a new ticket @ i.a.o/bh .
> >>>>
> >>>> <msg>
> >>>>
> >>>> When QCT form is submitted there's no confirmation indicating that
> >>>> ticket was actually created except for the small window that pops up
> >>>> after a while (<= due to limited bandwith it takes a while to be
> >>>> shown) and that , at least in my case , captures whole attention
> >>>> because
> >>>>
> >>>>  1. it remains open for about 2 or 3 seconds
> >>>>  2. if using a laptop mouse pad then it ends up to be extremely
> >>>>     complicated to follow ticket link (<= obviously not a Mac user)
> >>>>  3. if the popup is missed for any reason then finding the ticket
> >>>>     is a time consuming task, at least more time-consuming than
> >>>>     it should be due to the fact that:
> >>>>     * ticket URL has to be guessed
> >>>>     * ticket does not show up in dashboard (<= owner and component
> >>>>       not in QCT)
> >>>>     * therefore a custom query is required
> >>>>  4. the default configuration is sub-optimal since it's always
> >> necessary to
> >>>>     surf to ticket page in order to fill remaining fields
> >>>>     (<= component , priority , custom fields , ... which otoh are
> >>>>     configurable).
> >>>>
> >>>> Summarizing , the confirmation of the most recent ticket must remain
> >>>> in the page just in case it's not possible to capture QCT notification
> >>>> and browsing to ticket page is still needed.
> >>>>
> >>>> </msg>
> >>>>
> >>> These tickets should be easy to find by the Reporter field using Custom
> >> Query and sorting by descending ticket ID. The first ticket is the one
> last
> >> raised by that user. That's the best way to keep track of tickets raised
> >> throughout the day too.
> >>
> >> Isn't an activity stream the normal way of handling this? If you have an
> >> activity stream on the dashboard, and an easy (one-click) way to have it
> >> show only your own changes, it should be trivial to find such tickets.
> >> Certainly easier than running a custom query.
> >>
> >> -- Brane
> >>
> > Sure, but you may not be on the dashboard. If you raise a ticket while
> > viewing a ticket, milestone, version etc the activity stream in that
> > context most likely won't show this. Navigating away you would lose
> context.
>
> I'm confused. Doesn't running a custom query also result in navigating
> away from whatever you're currently viewing? It certainly does when I
> try that.
>

Yes, I was pointing this out in contrast to the approach of appending the
'last created' information to the Quick Ticket dialogue. Sorry for not
making that clearer.


>
> > I do think that we should have the ability to query the activity stream,
> > but I see that in the context of the Custom Query interface: output is
> > either a list of tickets (current), or an activity stream (optionally in
> > future). The activity stream everywhere could contain a link to that
> > preformed query (only 'my actions'). That's a pattern we already have for
> > the queries shown on the dashboard for example.
>
> If you can create tickets from any context, and ticket creation does not
> automatcially redirect you to the ticket page; then it follows that
> there must be a standard UI element that tells you at least which
> tickets you recently created, and possibly also which ones you recently
> modified (for some definition of "recently"). You should not have to run
> a custom query; that just feels totally wrong to me.
>

Again, that's why my initial suggestion was to append 'last created'
information to the Quick Ticket dialogue.


>
> If the idea is to be able to see what you just created without
> navigating away from whatever you're looking at (which a custom query
> doesn't give you), then perhaps the solution would be a kind of "recent"
> dropdown that displays a heavily filtered and shortened activity stream.
> I know we all love to hate dropdowns, but in this case, IMO, it's better
> than the alternatives currently available.
>
> -- Brane
>

I'm sceptical about that approach because it's basically a new messaging
channel which comes with all the issues of .. messaging channels in
general. I don't think this is an essential feature. I do believe we should
do the lowest effort thing now (therefore my suggestion).

Here's my mockup again just for reference:
http://redpen.io/tfox7u

The user asked for a link to the last created ticket. Why over-engineer it?

- Joe


>
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> WANdisco // Non-Stop Data
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