While I have no issues with redesigning things for better UX, I was hoping for some suggestion (a rename perhaps) that could go into Katello 3.4. I hit the wrong page every second day, I was wondering if this is just me or other people also hit Sync Plans instead Sync Status :-)
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Walden Raines <wrai...@redhat.com> wrote: >> If we had a 'repositories' page where we could just list repos across the >> organization, that would likely be a better place to show this information >> (and allow the user to filter to see only what are currently syncing). > > Sorry, I didn't articulate my idea very well. It would basically be > renaming the products page to "Repositories" and making that page a list of > repositories rather than products. Perhaps they repositories are grouped > into products, perhaps not. Whether or not the concept of a "product" is > actually useful is something that interviews with users can determine. > >>If we were going to just yank the sync status page, i think we would need >> to do some user interviews and confirm that the products page and dashboard >> widgets fulfill their needs. > > For sure, and I wouldn't just yank it out (as much as I'd like to) but I do > see an opportunity to remove a page by combining its functionality into > another. This is a trend that I would like to continue going forward as I > believe our current nearly 1-to-1 mapping of pages to database relations > isn't very user friendly. You almost have to know how the application is > designed in order to use it effectively. I would much rather see an "action > based" approach to our pages where the page in the UI is a representation of > something you want to do rather than something that exists (if that makes > sense at all). > > Cheers, > Walden > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Justin Sherrill <jsher...@redhat.com> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On 10/06/2017 11:16 AM, Walden Raines wrote: >> >> Hey, >> >> As part of my campaign to reduce the number of menu items I would love to >> remove the sync status page entirely. >> >> As far as I know the sync status page doesn't really provide any >> additional functionality over the products page with the exception of being >> able to select individual repositories from diverse products to sync (i.e. >> the products page bulk sync forces you to sync all of the repositories in >> each product). I think we could add this to the products page pretty >> easily. >> >> There is also a dashboard widget that shows sync status if you use the >> sync status page just to look at the status of your syncs. >> >> So really what is the purpose of the sync status page? >> >> I believe it was so you could get a better overview of what repositories >> were syncing. I think the sync status dashboard widget is not currently >> well suited for that. >> >> If we had a 'repositories' page where we could just list repos across the >> organization, that would likely be a better place to show this information >> (and allow the user to filter to see only what are currently syncing). >> >> If we were going to just yank the sync status page, i think we would need >> to do some user interviews and confirm that the products page and dashboard >> widgets fulfill their needs. >> >> -Justin >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> Walden >> >> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Sean O'Keeffe <sokee...@redhat.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> “Sync Plans” -> “Planned Sync’s” ? >>> >>> On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 at 15:56, Lukas Zapletal <l...@redhat.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> I constantly keep mis-clicking on Sync Plans instead Sync Status in >>>> Katello. >>>> >>>> Any UX advice how to change that? I suggest either rename one to be >>>> more visible so you can easily target that with mouse or break these >>>> two guys into different main menu entries. >>>> >>>> LZ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Later, >>>> Lukas @lzap Zapletal >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "foreman-dev" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "foreman-dev" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "foreman-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "foreman-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "foreman-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Later, Lukas @lzap Zapletal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "foreman-dev" group. 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