[Ovirt-devel] [PATCH] Add task list to dashboard
Jeremy Perry
jeremy.perry at redhat.com
Mon Jan 12 15:00:56 UTC 2009
On Jan 9, 2009, at 7:02 PM, David Lutterkort wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 18:43 +0000, Scott Seago wrote:
>> Refactored task list functionality to allow for the dashboard-level
>> task list.
>> The dashboard task list shows all tasks initiated by the logged-in
>> user, and is
>> filterable by task type and state.
>
Good comments David - I've got a page in the wiki now to start
capturing UX for the Dashboard.
http://ovirt.org/page/Dashboard_UX
> This causes trouble for me when looking at the task list for a VM pool
> (see below)
>
> Some minor nits on the presentation:
>
> * When I look at the dashboard now, I have a single tab that says
> 'Dashboard' - shouldn't that say 'Tasks' ?
If the dashboard is a singleton, I think it might be best to have no
tab at all. But otherwise, Tasks seems to be a better label.
> * When there are no tasks to display, I get that empty splash
> screen with a '+' in it, as if I could add a task - that
> shouldn't be there
Agree
>
> * Some general comments on how task lists are displayed (nothing
> to do with this patch in particular):
> 1. Could we use an icon to indicate state ? Using a whole
> column is kinda bulky, and not as informative as a nice
> icon
> 2. The column 'Message' is only visible after scrolling,
> even though it's pretty important - that should be
> moved
> to a more prominent position (like right next to
> 'Action')
> 3. The column 'Args' is almost always empty - why not just
> drop it from the default view, or roll the info from
> that into another column, e.g. Action
> 4. It would be nice if you could combine several of the
> Type resp. State filters (like look at all Storage and
> Storage Volume tasks) - and as somebody else mentioned,
> a clearer indication of the currently active filters
> 5. Conceptually, do users really care about the
> distinction
> between 'Storage' and 'Storage Volume' tasks ? Why not
> just lump them all into 'Storage tasks' ?
I agree with all the comments here - I think we should do all we can
to make the Dashboard and specifically the task list more consumable
at a glance.
...
- Jeremy
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