[katello-devel] placement of actions at bottom of right pane

[Jason Rist]

On 09/20/2012 07:56 AM, Tom McKay wrote:
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> I'm not a big fan of important actions being at the bottom of the right pane. The most recent example is "Make this my default organization." Does this not deserve a more prominent position, perhaps even inline in the Details section? (screenshot attached)
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> The other example I'll use is Changesets, of which I've attached a screenshot of my browser. Can you spot the Remote, Edit Details, Review, and Promote buttons? They're tucked way down at the bottom of the right hand pane, visible only upon scrolling. Any reason they shouldn't be prominently displayed at the top of that pane to indicate their true importance? 
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> Pretty please.
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The more I see it crop up, the more I agree.  People read top to bottom
left to right (in Western context).  The bottom right is a terrible
place for an action.

-J

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