[Phpmyadmin-devel] Recently Used Tables

[Aris Feryanto]

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

> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Aris Feryanto <aris_feryanto at 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,
>> --
>> 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.


--
Aris Feryanto