On 8/30/05, Andreas Hartmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the tabs in the site area don't fit on the page properly, at least > in my browser. We could display them vertically on the left-hand side. > > Another option would be to put "overview" and "meta" on a single tab, > the same for "workflow" and "revisions" (-> history). > > WDYT? Any other ideas?
Please! Less tabs is always an improvement. No tabs is best. The Overview tab is the default page, but has no function. The Meta tab allows editing information (but needs to allow changing "Node visibility".) That would be a minor improvement. (Also fix switching documents remembering which tab you were using. It is annoying and poor UI to need to switch back to the "Meta" or security tabs when checking each page of the entire site. That issue disappears if the following suggestion to remove all tabs is accepted.) Tabs are a poor UI choice begun because MS wanted standard sized property dialog boxes. Much other software followed them. By the end of the 90s, even MS realized how tabs are confusing and unproductive, and started moving to a tree interface. Browser-based applications should put as much information on a single page in a single column (two table columns for label and information) with a single "Save Everything" button at the bottom. Vertical scrolling is good. Tabs (each with their own Save buttons) are bad. Combining all of the tabs into a single page would be a major improvement. [Possible exception: I believe Assets should be connected to the publication rather than documents. They should have their own workflow, versioning, and security. But if that change is not accepted, then Assets should be a section on the (single) document information page.] solprovider --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
