[Phpmyadmin-devel] perm user preferences - admin ui

[Zeeshan Mughal]

> Hi,
>
> Option 2 does sound very user-friendly.  But I believe users should also
> have power to change their preferences later on if they wish to.  Once a
> user changes any of the settings that we are considering for our purpose he
> will be notified that the preference is permanently stored.  But that does
> not mean the user cannot change the settings again from the same UI.  User
> should be able to change the settings as many times as he wants, but
> whichever setting applied is the most recent will be permanently stored.
>
> Since users can change these settings again through respective UIs, the
> idea of having a central admin panel may sound obsolete.  But it does not
> hurt to centrally organize all the preferences in a panel.
>
> Please share your ideas.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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>
> Zeeshan Mughal
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>
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Marc Delisle <
> Marc.Delisle at cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca> wrote:
>
>> Zeeshan Mughal a écrit :
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Currently, I am focusing on designing the UI for the admin panel.
>> > Please find a very basic version of UI in my blog post.
>> >
>> > Of course, different fields will require different types that I did not
>> > consider in this draft.  But the main purpose of it is to get me
>> > started, and give me a basic idea of how I will go about constructing
>> it.
>> >
>> > I have not really starting digging into code lately.  My approach always
>> > has been to work on the UI before coding.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>>
>> Zeeshan,
>>
>> I am previous post I wrote:
>> ------
>> About the UI, I see some options:
>>
>> 1. a central panel where a user sets up her preferences (in the same
>> style than an admin uses phpMyAdmin/setup to maintain config.inc.php)
>>
>> 2. choices made by the user during her use of phpMyAdmin are remembered
>> automatically
>>
>> 3. the settings that can be remembered are marked with some visual clue
>> that enables a user to change them.
>>
>> I tend to prefer #2 but am wondering about its performance impact.
>> ---------
>>
>> So, have you decided what kind of UI you'll offer for the user
>> preferences?
>>
>> Marc
>>
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