14 May
2010
14 May
'10
12:12 a.m.
Hello everyone,
I have created a prototype of a proposed redesign of the main page:
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/index_page_new.png. I feel that
this is a more logical organization of the information and makes it easier
to scan. I made the bullets all identical (in the screenshot they look like
they are different sizes but they are not supposed to be) because in the
current version, some bullets are an icon that is meaningful to that bullet
item (ex. Change password), while others simply have a triangle (ex. Custom
color) -- which, by the way, looks misleadingly clickable. This makes it
seem like these two categories of bullets mean different things, when they
actually do not.
Another feature that may be useful is allowing each group of items to be
collapsed and expanded and keeping that state for future sessions.
Please let me know what you think of these suggestions.
--
Thanks,
Lori
14 May
14 May
12:28 a.m.
Lori Lee a écrit :
Hello everyone,
I have created a prototype of a proposed redesign of the main page:
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/index_page_new.png. I feel
that this is a more logical organization of the information and makes it
easier to scan. I made the bullets all identical (in the screenshot they
look like they are different sizes but they are not supposed to be)
because in the current version, some bullets are an icon that is
meaningful to that bullet item (ex. Change password), while others
simply have a triangle (ex. Custom color) -- which, by the way, looks
misleadingly clickable. This makes it seem like these two categories of
bullets mean different things, when they actually do not.
Another feature that may be useful is allowing each group of items to be
collapsed and expanded and keeping that state for future sessions.
Please let me know what you think of these suggestions.
Lori,
It's a good cleanup.
It's true that triangles were misleading, but no more little icons next
to some of the choices?
Also, in the actual "Actions" section, there are also
- server dialog, in case multiple servers are defined
- Log out link
Where would you put these?
I'm not sure about putting "Change password" in Settings.
Also, someone on a discussion list was saying that this whole Home panel
should not appear by default as it's not commonly used. However I wonder
what should be there instead (this is configured in
$cfg['DefaultTabServer']).
--
Marc Delisle
http://infomarc.info
15 May
15 May
1:55 a.m.
Hi Marc,
Regarding the log out button, I removed it because there is already one in
the sidebar and I didn't see what advantage there was to also having it on
this page.
I have two updated screenshots:
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/main_page_no_icons.png This one
is basically the same as the previous one but also includes the list of
servers, if there are more than one.
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/main_page_icons.png This one is
the same as above but still has the old icons on the left hand side. I also
added two icons for Background color and Font size (I just found them on
Google Images but they will probably have to be remade if we decide to use
them). I think it looks odd, though, that Name does not have an icon and I
can't think of an appropriate one.
I placed Change password in the settings because that is where it is
typically found in applications.
Whichever tab is most often used would make the most sense to have as the
default page. I am guessing this is the Databases tab but I may be wrong.
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Marc Delisle <marc(a)infomarc.info> wrote:
Lori Lee a écrit :
--
Thanks,
Lori
Hello everyone,
I have created a prototype of a proposed redesign of the main page:
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/index_page_new.png. I feel
that this is a more logical organization of the information and makes it
easier to scan. I made the bullets all identical (in the screenshot they
look like they are different sizes but they are not supposed to be)
because in the current version, some bullets are an icon that is
meaningful to that bullet item (ex. Change password), while others
simply have a triangle (ex. Custom color) -- which, by the way, looks
misleadingly clickable. This makes it seem like these two categories of
bullets mean different things, when they actually do not.
Another feature that may be useful is allowing each group of items to be
collapsed and expanded and keeping that state for future sessions.
Please let me know what you think of these suggestions.
Lori,
It's a good cleanup.
It's true that triangles were misleading, but no more little icons next
to some of the choices?
Also, in the actual "Actions" section, there are also
- server dialog, in case multiple servers are defined
- Log out link
Where would you put these?
I'm not sure about putting "Change password" in Settings.
Also, someone on a discussion list was saying that this whole Home panel
should not appear by default as it's not commonly used. However I wonder
what should be there instead (this is configured in
$cfg['DefaultTabServer']).
--
Marc Delisle
http://infomarc.info
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2010/5/15 Lori Lee <leelorik(a)gmail.com>om>:
Hi Marc,
Regarding the log out button, I removed it because there is already one in
the sidebar and I didn't see what advantage there was to also having it on
this page.
I have two updated screenshots:
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/main_page_no_icons.png This one
is basically the same as the previous one but also includes the list of
servers, if there are more than one.
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/main_page_icons.png This one is
the same as above but still has the old icons on the left hand side. I also
added two icons for Background color and Font size (I just found them on
Google Images but they will probably have to be remade if we decide to use
them). I think it looks odd, though, that Name does not have an icon and I
can't think of an appropriate one.
I like the one with the icons. It looks more appealing than just
buttons. As for the Name-icon, you could use one that represents a
database. It usually is represented by the picture of a cylinder (or
is this only with MSSQL?).
I placed Change password in the settings because that
is where it is
typically found in applications.
Whichever tab is most often used would make the most sense to have as the
default page. I am guessing this is the Databases tab but I may be wrong.
I'm quite used to the current default page, but I guess that for most
users the databases page would be the most wanted starting page. Most
developers do, I think.
However, the databases tab makes only sense when you have access to
more than one database.
Showing the database page (with an overview of tables, and tabs :
structure, sql, search, query, ..., operations, drop) is more logical
in that case.
For sysadmins and DBA's, the status tab or priviliges tab would be
better as a default, but that depends on preference.
Greets,
Dieter
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Marc Delisle
<marc(a)infomarc.info> wrote:
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Lori Lee a écrit :
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Hello everyone,
I have created a prototype of a proposed redesign of the main page:
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/index_page_new.png. I feel
that this is a more logical organization of the information and makes it
easier to scan. I made the bullets all identical (in the screenshot they
look like they are different sizes but they are not supposed to be)
because in the current version, some bullets are an icon that is
meaningful to that bullet item (ex. Change password), while others
simply have a triangle (ex. Custom color) -- which, by the way, looks
misleadingly clickable. This makes it seem like these two categories of
bullets mean different things, when they actually do not.
Another feature that may be useful is allowing each group of items to be
collapsed and expanded and keeping that state for future sessions.
Please let me know what you think of these suggestions.
Lori,
It's a good cleanup.
It's true that triangles were misleading, but no more little icons next
to some of the choices?
Also, in the actual "Actions" section, there are also
- server dialog, in case multiple servers are defined
- Log out link
Where would you put these?
I'm not sure about putting "Change password" in Settings.
Also, someone on a discussion list was saying that this whole Home panel
should not appear by default as it's not commonly used. However I wonder
what should be there instead (this is configured in
$cfg['DefaultTabServer']).
--
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http://infomarc.info
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17 May
17 May
7:24 p.m.
I am going to make an online survey and post it in the users mailing list to
find out what tab people in different roles use the most.
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Dieter Adriaenssens <
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2010/5/15 Lori Lee <leelorik(a)gmail.com>om>:
Hi Marc,
Regarding the log out button, I removed it because there is already one
in
the sidebar and I didn't see what advantage
there was to also having it
on
this page.
I have two updated screenshots:
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/main_page_no_icons.png This
one
is basically the same as the previous one but
also includes the list of
servers, if there are more than one.
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/main_page_icons.png This one
is
the same as above but still has the old icons on
the left hand side. I
also
added two icons for Background color and Font
size (I just found them on
Google Images but they will probably have to be remade if we decide to
use
them). I think it looks odd, though, that Name
does not have an icon and
I
can't think of an appropriate one.
I like the one with the icons. It looks more appealing than just
buttons. As for the Name-icon, you could use one that represents a
database. It usually is represented by the picture of a cylinder (or
is this only with MSSQL?).
I placed Change password in the settings because
that is where it is
typically found in applications.
Whichever tab is most often used would make the most sense to have as the
default page. I am guessing this is the Databases tab but I may be wrong.
I'm quite used to the current default page, but I guess that for most
users the databases page would be the most wanted starting page. Most
developers do, I think.
However, the databases tab makes only sense when you have access to
more than one database.
Showing the database page (with an overview of tables, and tabs :
structure, sql, search, query, ..., operations, drop) is more logical
in that case.
For sysadmins and DBA's, the status tab or priviliges tab would be
better as a default, but that depends on preference.
Greets,
Dieter
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Marc Delisle
<marc(a)infomarc.info>
wrote:
>
> Lori Lee a écrit :
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have created a prototype of a proposed redesign of the main page:
> > http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/index_page_new.png. I
feel
> > that this is a more logical organization
of the information and makes
it
> > easier to scan. I made the bullets all
identical (in the screenshot
they
> > look like they are different sizes but
they are not supposed to be)
> > because in the current version, some bullets are an icon that is
> > meaningful to that bullet item (ex. Change password), while others
> > simply have a triangle (ex. Custom color) -- which, by the way, looks
> > misleadingly clickable. This makes it seem like these two categories
of
> > bullets mean different things, when they
actually do not.
> >
> > Another feature that may be useful is allowing each group of items to
be
> > collapsed and expanded and keeping that
state for future sessions.
> >
> > Please let me know what you think of these suggestions.
>
> Lori,
> It's a good cleanup.
>
> It's true that triangles were misleading, but no more little icons next
> to some of the choices?
>
> Also, in the actual "Actions" section, there are also
> - server dialog, in case multiple servers are defined
> - Log out link
> Where would you put these?
>
> I'm not sure about putting "Change password" in Settings.
>
> Also, someone on a discussion list was saying that this whole Home panel
> should not appear by default as it's not commonly used. However I wonder
> what should be there instead (this is configured in
> $cfg['DefaultTabServer']).
>
> --
> Marc Delisle
> http://infomarc.info
>
>
>
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18 May
1:03 p.m.
Hi
Dne Fri, 14 May 2010 18:55:06 -0400
Lori Lee <leelorik(a)gmail.com> napsal(a):
Regarding the log out button, I removed it because
there is already one in
the sidebar and I didn't see what advantage there was to also having it on
this page.
I also don't think it's needed here.
But I'm also curious if creating new database really should be here. I
don't think it's so frequent operation.
I have two updated screenshots:
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/main_page_no_icons.png This one
is basically the same as the previous one but also includes the list of
servers, if there are more than one.
http://lorilee1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/main_page_icons.png This one is
the same as above but still has the old icons on the left hand side. I also
added two icons for Background color and Font size (I just found them on
Google Images but they will probably have to be remade if we decide to use
them). I think it looks odd, though, that Name does not have an icon and I
can't think of an appropriate one.
I placed Change password in the settings because that is where it is
typically found in applications.
Whichever tab is most often used would make the most sense to have as the
default page. I am guessing this is the Databases tab but I may be wrong.
I think some summary page like we have right now would be best default.
There are wide range of users and each will definitely want something
different.
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