On 8/30/05, Michael Wechner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >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. > > you might want to do a mockup of your ideas, which > would help to discuss possible refactoring of the site area
Check out: http://test.solprovider.com/lenyasite/ The changes are: 1. Tabs combined and removed. 2. Information reorganized for usability. 3. "Add Language" added to page. (did not remove from menu) 3. "Navigation Title" added to page, and removed from menus. 4. "Navigation Visibility" added to page, and removed from menus. 5. "New Asset" added to page (no second page needed) 6. "New Scheduled Job" added to page (no second page needed) 7. "Save all changes" button added. Pull-down menus are understood by almost everyone and are not as unproductive as tabs, but button/links on the page are more visible and easier to understand, especially when placed in context. See the "New Language" button for an example. Repeatedly explaining to every content manager to use the Edit menu for changing the Menu Title or the Visibility is frustrating. More possible improvements: 1. The Workflow menu could be moved onto the page. 2. "New document" and "Move Up/Down" (or better, "Move to Here" and "Move After" icons in context) could be moved to icons on the left menu. This could make the left menu rather messy. The difficult part will be making the dynamic tables work. Best would probably be to refresh the page, remembering all the values that have been changed but not saved. It might need a "Revert to last saved values" button. Enjoy, solprovider --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
