I think this sort of thing goes a long way towards showing that workflow and editing need to be better integrated. I really felt that Limi's notions on simplifying the editing experience in Plone ( http://limi.net/articles/simplify-plones-editing-experience/) was well thought out and this is a good step towards reaching that goal.
I'm not a framework member, but a huge +1 from me. -Michael Dunlap On 10/9/08 8:41 PM, "Danny Bloemendaal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9 okt 2008, at 07:27, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > >> I would like to propose PLIP 243 for Plone 3.3: Replace workflow >> history >> viewlet with content history viewlet. >> >> >> Motivation >> ========== >> >> The 'history' list in a document view does not show the full history >> of >> an object but only the workflow history. We are hiding versioning >> history information behind a (painfully ugly) history form. This can >> be >> confusing, and makes it harder to access versioning information. >> >> >> Proposal >> ======== >> >> I propose two things: >> >> 1. instead of the workflow history viewlet use the content history >> viewlet that is already in plone.app.layout trunk. This viewlet >> mixes >> workflow and versioning information in a single overview and has >> convenient options to get more information about versioning changes. >> >> 2. remove the history content action and use the content history >> viewlet >> as a way to access the history information. >> >> >> Implementation >> ============== >> >> Most of the implementation is already done. Ask DannyB for a >> demonstration if you are at the conference or attending the UI >> sprint :) >> >> Wichert. >> > > Of course I'm for this. > > Here is an expanded history panel (see attachement): > > > > > the ---^comparev----- line allow you to see the diffs between what's > above the line and the version below. The icons at the end are from > left to right: Compare with current revision, Preview this revision, > Revert to this revision. > > _______________________________________________ > Framework-Team mailing list > Framework-Team@lists.plone.org > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/framework-team _______________________________________________ Framework-Team mailing list Framework-Team@lists.plone.org http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/framework-team