For instance I found the "I" (Information) icon a good idea in SugarCRM.
It only shows contact's contact mechs details on an hover over the icon, but
it's convenient.
It's all about improving users experience, they really like it (don't you ? ;o)
Jacques
From: "Pierre Smits" <pierre.sm...@gmail.com>
Showing default search results is one thing. Enhancing (combining) search
posibilities is another. It is al about clicks.....
Why not have search screens combined (by default) so that users experience
an enhanced ease of use. E.g. in party (account, employee, etc) combine the
search on party name (first name and/or last name) with details from contact
mechs (e.g. country or postal code) beside showing advanced search
possibilities.
And as far as SugarCRM goes: they have found a nack to deliver what
customers want, which among others is an ease of use. So, why not steal with
pride and improve.
Regards,
Pierre
PS I did not actually intend to promote theft.
E.g in one screen
2009/10/26 Scott Gray <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com>
BTW I think the absolute best thing we could do to improve search usability
is to implement saved searches without a doubt.
Regards
Scott
On 26/10/2009, at 10:37 PM, Scott Gray wrote:
I was just trying to point out that it's usefulness decreases
exponentially as the number of pages in the result set increases (i.e. the
likelihood that you will find what you are looking for on the first page).
IMO it only really makes sense when the list is ordered by the newest
record first such as orders, tasks, emails, etc.
I personally don't really care either way, I just feel that the effort
required to make it configurable outweighs the benefits. If the list should
show results then just show them and if it shouldn't then don't, why bother
with all the extra work of making it configurable just because the
developers disagree on which is the best approach.
BTW, SugarCRM is one of many popular CRM suites out there and I don't
think that just because they do something a certain way makes that approach
the best one :-)
Regards
Scott
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
On 26/10/2009, at 9:34 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
Scott,
I did not find enough time for that. This idea cames to me after a short
test of SugarCRM last version.
I think we could show results by default in SFA at least. There should
not be too much results, and with the new length parameter Bruno is working
on, this should improve user experience.
This because it seems that some decision-makers began to look at OFBiz
from the CRM/SFA perspective.
We should take care of their expericen, most of the time they decide of
our future...
Jacques
From: "Jacques Le Roux" <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com>
From: "Scott Gray" <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com>
Could you provide an example search form where this might be useful?
Perhaps talking about specific forms might be more helpful.
I will try tomorrow to explain why, I must admit I have not yet
considered the how
Jacques
I have no problem with OFBiz being set one way or the other but making
it configurable seems like a lot for little return.
Regards
Scott
On 13/10/2009, at 10:37 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
Not only people evaluating OFBiz, but also people dealing with small
numbers. Maybe this should not be applied to all searches, though.
Remember, OFBiz was set this way not so long ago.
Jacques
From: "Scott Gray" <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com>
-1, that sounds like a lot of work and additional complexity and for
what? So that people evaluating OFBiz don't have to click on a search
button in order to do a search? I'm sorry but it really makes no sense
to me.
Regards
Scott
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
On 13/10/2009, at 9:51 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
Also in the case of searching by default, the search fields should
be visible (it's no obvious as it's only a string in the screenlet title)
From: "Jacques Le Roux" <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com>
Hi,
OOTB, we decided to not do searches by default when a page
containing one is opened (I was for this decision)
I wonder if we should not parametrize this in the DB and let it
available in the "My Portal" Préférences ?
Then we could set it to yes by default and avoid people evaluating
OFBiz to clic on search button each time they open a such page.
We could also have an URL going to the preferences in each search
to allow a quick change if needed
This is not related to lookup dialog boxes but only searches in
plain pages.
What do you think ?
Jacques
