On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Aris Feryanto <aris_feryanto@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 15 Mei 2011, at 16:17, Tyron Madlener <tyronx@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Aris Feryanto <aris_feryanto@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi,

The recently used tables is now using ajax. I've just pushed to my repo, so

the demo [0] will be available in an hour later. Comment and suggestion are

welcome, mainly regarding the ajax-related code:

- ajax request in navigation.js

- ajax response in navigation.php

- ajax trigger in header.inc.php (the triggering is done by adding <script>

tag to call js function in the navigation frame, any better way?)

[0] http://demo.phpmyadmin.net/gsoc-aris/

Cheers,

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Aris Feryanto

What if, instead of a 'recently used tables drop down list' there

would be a bunch of icons that allow (ajax request-)sorting of

tables/databases by different criterias such as:

- most recently used

- most commonly used

- table/db size

I think we can add sorting criteria in settings page. But, IMO, list is still more intuitive than using icons.

Similar to chromes omnibar that suggests addresses that are most

commonly used, this seems somehow more intuitive than a drop down

list.

So, users must type table's name in order to jump to a table? I think this is not convenient, since users may have table names with same prefix.

Yea I think this was a bad example. What I meant is, those 3 Icons
(and saving the last sort order in a cookie) sorting the list, thus
having the list of tables/dbs just once (not in the list + partially
in the drop down list), feel more intuitive for me. And saves the user
a additional mouse click once the table is sorted to his liking.