You forgot one proposal which I like: == Proposal D ==
* Generalize the XWiki home (the logo at the top left) * When you click on the logo you get to the home of the current wiki * The proposal is about generalizing that feature to allow navigating either to the wiki home, to the main wiki or to the list of other wikis * It could be done by showing a menu arrow when the mouse hover over the logo and when the mouse moves over the arrow, show a menu with first entry = "Main Wiki" (or "Home Wiki" if you prefer) and a second entry with "Wiki Index" for example. What I like with this is that the user is already used to use the logo as a way to navigate to the home of wiki. Thanks -Vincent On Sep 12, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Guillaume Louis-Marie Delhumeau <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi developers. > > Tuesday evening, after trying to fix all issues that integrate Workspace in > XE made, I had a bit of time to work on this JIRA: > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9341 "Menu improvements when Workspaces > activated". > > The idea was to quickly implement the Caty's proposal for M2 (which was > scheduled for the day after). I made it and I sent a pull request. I have > also sent a mail to Vincent to show him my work. > > == Proposal A == > There is some screenshots (Proposal A): > Logged as admin: > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-home-menu.png > Not logged as admin: > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-home-menu-non-admin.png > > You can get it from this commit: > https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/8c1c1bac2cde30f9024525e50249382e3d2c4138 > (except that I have changed the wiki icon for this screenshot) > > We though this menu was confusing and not consistent with the current menus: > - Why do we have a link to the *main wiki* administration when we are in a > (sub)wiki? Does it make sense? > - Why do we have the main wiki (called Home) in the left of the current > wiki, space and page? The fact that there is actually a "main" and several > "sub" wikis is only due to the implementation. We could imagine, in the > future, a new implementation where there is no distinction between "main" > and "sub", but where we have an independent "system" that allows the users > to create and manage their wikis. Then, it seems better to call the menu > "System" or "XWiki". > - When we don't have the admin right on the main wiki, we only have a > single item in this menu, meanwhile wiki, space and page has more content. > It does not look good. > - If you are in the main wiki, you have "Administer main wiki" twice: once > in the Home menu, once in the Wiki menu. > - The left menu has too many items. > > == Proposal B == > Vincent thought it was not good enough to be integrated in 5.2M2, so we > started to iterate until having this proposal: > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-xwiki-menu.png(proposal > B). > > Why putting this menu to the right side? It's because, on the left side, we > have Wiki/Space/Page, where you have actions that you can actually achieve > on these Wiki, Space and Page. Actions like "Administer", "Delete" or > "Rename". The XWiki menu does not provide actions like that, it just > provides some shortcuts to navigate thought the wikis. It's more a "System" > menu, like the Profile menu, or the Register action. That's why we put it > there. Moreover, it make the left menu smaller, which is less confusing. > > == Proposal C == > We had also this idea: > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/wiki-menu.png(proposal C) > But we didn't like it, because the "Wiki Directory" and the "Main Wiki" > link are not related to the current wiki, meanwhile actions like > "Administer", "Index" or "Delete" are. > > --- > After having created the proposal B, I asked Vincent: "What should I do? Do > I commit it, without asking to the community?". He said yes, because he > wanted to have something to show to the community that can still be changed > for the RC1, and he applied the pull request. > > So, let me list again the 3 proposals we have: > > A - "Home" menu (Caty's proposal): > Current implementation: > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-home-menu.png > Mockup with the new skin: > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/PortalMenu/MenuPortal.png > > B - "XWiki" right menu: > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/new-xwiki-menu.png > > C - Add actions to the "Wiki" menu: > http://xwiki.kephpage.net/proposals/workspaces-menus/wiki-menu.png > > I propose to start a thread where you can all give your opinion, regarding > one of these proposals, and you can also bring new ideas. We must have a > consensus for the RC1! > > 0 for proposal A (the left menu is too heavy). > +0 for proposal B (not perfect IMHO). > -1 for proposal C. > > Louis-Marie > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
