[katello-devel] Nitty gritty UX feedback on System groups

[Jason Rist]

On Fri 22 Jun 2012 05:11:32 AM MDT, Tom McKay wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Malini Rao"<mrao at redhat.com>
>> To: katello-devel at redhat.com
>> Cc: "Brad Buckingham"<bbucking at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 4:01:29 PM
>> Subject: [katello-devel] Nitty gritty UX feedback on System groups
>>
>> Hi Brad,
>>
>> I had made notes of some UX things that struck me as I watched your
>> last Sprint demo for system groups. The major functionality looks
>> great and these are at a pretty nitty gritty level but nevertheless
>> important to fix at some point for the finished product. The only
>> slightly bigger topic is where the events page should live and we
>> can discuss that. Other than that, if you have any questions, let me
>> know.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Malini
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> Slide 1:
> + "Just use simple numbers instead of the oval round" - Disagree. The oval style is an explicit indicator that hovering over it will bring up a "tipsy" with more information.
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> Slide 2:
> + "Should not use all caps for title." - This is consistent across the entire site for titles of tables. Why the change?
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> + "Title too long." - If there's room, please retain verbose wording. A valid reason to reconsider might be if translations to primary supported languages cause wrapping of title.
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> Slide 3:
> + "Sub nav should be reconsidered." - Disagree. There are some panels that are very crowded (eg. Systems).
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> + "Events under Details" - Agree. I believe Kyle(?) instigated the rule that Details always be the first tab with "Events History" under that. (eg. see Systems)
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> + "Event detail should be more closely related to where the action takes place" - Don't understand. This table is the list of packages and package groups that are being installed, updated, or removed.
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> + "Link to events page" - Agree. That would be nice. However, I am against having to go to another page to get details about something that can just as easily be shown inline (eg. through a tipsy). Our UI is not friendly in switching back and forth between pages at the moment.
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I definitely have to agree with Tom on Slide 1.  I have this to add:
"Need to standardize how hover states look – Contact Kyle/ Harlan about 
that. " - Why? One type of tipsy has help information (black) and one 
contains expanded information about what you're hovering over (white).  
This is established (packages) and common.

Agree with Tom on Slide 2 on both points. Why be terse when verbose is 
so much more helpful and the difference is so minor?  Otherwise it's 
more unclear and confusing, degrading the user experience.

Agree again with Tom on Events under Details.  What should be the 
default (first showing upon panel expansion) page for this pane? I am 
not sure that System Group Info or Events would be good/useful.

Slide 4: 
"Group 1 title is getting cut off because of the way the package 
install panel overlays on top. Need to adjust the spacing so there is 
no clipping."
This should be a bug across the system, as it will impact everything 
with a subpanel.

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