Re: [Users] Setup Host Network dialog - actions availability [ux][BZ#984737]

tor 2013-08-22 klockan 20:43 +0300 skrev Lior Vernia: > > On 22/08/13 20:04, Einav Cohen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is about attempting to address the difficulty of finding the edit-action in > > the Setup Host Network dialog, as documented in "Bug 984737 - usability: webadmin > > difficulty in assigning client ip, no gateway possible" in bugzilla. > > We have a suggestion from Eldan (see attached "HostSetupNetworks-HoverPopUp.png") > > which was described in the BZ (comment #3) and seemed acceptable by the reporter > > (comment #4), however IIUC - one of the main pain points described in the BZ was > > the fact that the user could not find the option to Edit the connection properties > > since he was looking in the wrong place, and needed to hover on the correct place, > > in order to find that option. > > So although the idea is somewhat helpful, my concern is that this solution is not > > enough (comment #5). > > > > Another proposal from Malini (comment #6) is to add an "actions" drop-down menu in > > the form of a small "gear" icon-button - see attached "HostSetupNetworks-DropDownMenu.png". > > This proposal addresses my concern, however I have a question about another concern > > with this solution: > > would the actions-drop-down menu-items panel be revealed appear upon click or upon > > hover? > > > > if it will be upon hover, it might seem weird/be conflicted/be somewhat confusing > > with the hover functionality that reveals the logical-network details pop-up. > > If this proposal is accepted (see my comments below about both > proposals), one solution might be to get rid of the network details > tooltip. Most people probably don't use MTU, Just a FYI there Lior; we do:) And when 10GbE becomes available, Jumbo Frames is going to be required to use all that bandwidth. Otherwise you are capped at about half(500MB/s as opposed to 1,2GB/s).

/Karli > and the rest is just > explaining the network role icons; so maybe not that useful. > > > if it will be upon click, it means that in order to edit a logical network, two > > clicks will be required in order to get to the edit dialog, as opposed to one click > > in the current state and in Eldan's suggestion. > > maybe having two clicks in order to get to the edit dialog is acceptable, however > > there may be some solutions for that: > > > > one possible solution would be to combine both attached suggestions, i.e. the actions > > within the hover pop-up, as well as the actions drop-down menu, however it means that > > there will be some redundancy of the actions availability. > > That sounds bad to me regardless of the other alternatives. > > > another possible solution is to keep only the gear + down-arrow icon (or maybe only > > the down-arrow icon), without the actual drop-down menu there, just in order to indicate > > that there are some options available in that area, and have Eldan's pop-up appear when > > hovering on that icon (or even on the entire logical-network area, as happens today with > > the current details pop-up) > > > > thoughts? > > I like the gear icon because it's noticeable and easily recognizable. > However, keep in mind that bonds should also have the same icon to keep > a consistent design. Now imagine a configuration with several bonds on > the left-hand-side and quite a few networks on the right-hand-side; I'm > no designer, but it could get cluttered with all those gear icons. > > It MIGHT be preferable to use the other design (tooltip with action bar) > and risk the odd person not easily finding it (no disrespect intended, > Jason). I have no idea, however, if it's gonna be just the odd person or > most people. I'd love to hear others' opinions. > > > > > ---- > > Regards, > > Einav > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org <mailto:Users@ovirt.org> > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- Med Vänliga Hälsningar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karli Sjöberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7079 (Visiting Address Kronåsvägen 8) S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden Phone: +46-(0)18-67 15 66 karli.sjoberg(a)slu.se <mailto:karli.sjoberg@adm.slu.se>