[Phpmyadmin-devel] Main page reorganization
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
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
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@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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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@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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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 < dieter.adriaenssens@gmail.com> wrote:
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2010/5/15 Lori Lee <leelorik@gmail.com>:
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@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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Hi Dne Fri, 14 May 2010 18:55:06 -0400 Lori Lee <leelorik@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. -- Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
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