** Changed in: mahara
Assignee: (unassigned) => Evan Goldenberg (naveg)
** Tags added: usability
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More Distinct Admin Navigation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/547677
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Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Confirmed
Bug description:
I didn't see this in my quick scan of the requests, so my apologies if this has
already been requested.
If you're an admin, it's confusing to have the admin functions/navigation
replace the main navigation with buttons that are the same color, etc. Not only
is it visually confusing, but it also forces you to leave "admin" mode before
returning to do any of the normal functions.
In most systems, one of two things happens when you want to go into admin
functions:
1) You go to a noticeably different interface (different page layout, color
scheme, etc.)
2) You stay in the main interface (without losing any functionality), but you
get additional access to admin functions via a noticeably separate set of
buttons or menus.
I generally prefer #2. That's how Drupal and Moodle do it, but interfaces like
Google Apps prove that #1 can work well too.
In the short term, I'd suggest at least making the colors for any admin related
buttons a different color. I guess I could go into the CSS to make this happen
now if I wanted to, but I think it's important enough to make for default
installations as well.
Thx.
Chris : )
This bug was imported from eduforge.org, see:
https://eduforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3352&group_id=176&atid=742
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