[Kimchi-devel] UI Change Request - Navigation
Paulo Ricardo Paz Vital
pvital at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Oct 13 16:45:11 UTC 2015
On Tue, 2015-10-13 at 17:17 +0200, Walter Niklaus wrote:
> Aline,
>
> I consider making the user select a tab named "Kimchi" or "Ginger"
> very confusing because she/he will have to learn the hard way which
> is the one she/he is looking for.
I agree with Walter in this point. For the user is much easier to
browse by the tabs using it's functionality and area names than the
plugin names.
Let's remember that the main goal of Wok, Kimchi and Ginger is make
easier the life of a user with ** NO ** knowledge about virtualization
(and why not sys admin, too).
> I see your point about clarity on the responsabiltiy of a certain
> plugin. I would propose to have the plugin name and potentially its
> icon as well visible when the respective tab is activ.
>
Why not add in some part of the screen the name of the plugin that is
providing that page or, may be, a 'plugin management' screen listing
all plugin names and each area/functionality it's providing?
Best regards,
Paulo Vital
> Regards,
> Walter.
>
> On 13.10.2015 16:29, Aline Manera wrote:
> >
> > My suggestion is to use the plugin name as the first tab level.
> >
> > So instead of "Host", Ginger. And instead of "Virtualization",
> > Kimchi.
> > That way the user is aware on each plugin is responsible for what
> > and also give the plugin more visibility inside wok.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Aline Manera
> >
> > On 09/10/2015 11:36, Samuel Henrique De Oliveira Guimaraes wrote:
> > > Hi Jan,
> > >
> > > I’m not sure if I’m following you. Did you mean changing the
> > > second-level navigation to tabs instead of panel areas? If so
> > > should we merge Hosts and Admin tab in one page and collapse the
> > > panels like old-ui behavior (maybe keeping the dashboard
> > > statistics on top unchanged) but with new-ui styles OR add two
> > > new tabs to the toolbar?
> > >
> > > I think the concept of accordion/collapsible elements works for
> > > Admin, but I don’t see it working for the panels on Hosts tab,
> > > unless we group Basic Information, Repositories and Debug Reports
> > > in one single collapsible area.
> > >
> > > I also discussed with Aline if we should move Peer Hosts from top
> > > to the toolbar and make it a plugin. Here’s a mockup I did with
> > > Chrome:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The reason why I think all panels in these pages can’t be merged
> > > in one tab is because if all panels were collapsed, the page
> > > height would be around 3757 pixels. If admin items were hidden,
> > > it would be around 2108 tall. I believe we would
> > > have to set the accordions to hide other items when one item is
> > > collapsed. They don’t seem that tall in the PDF because the
> > > images were resized.
> > >
> > > I believe we have to study this following a “mobile-first”
> > > approach because once we all agree with the new design, even if
> > > we don’t include the mobile design in 2.0 release, we’ll have to
> > > keep some markup ready for responsive design to receive the new
> > > styles. I think this new tab design would need some updates in
> > > tab-ext.xml and the JS files before 2.0 release, assuming other
> > > people or teams would start developing new plugins from 2.0 and
> > > on. If we update how the tabs are built in the UI from 2.0 to 2.1
> > > for instance, that may turn against us with retro compatibility
> > > issues.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Samuel
> > >
> > >
> > > From: kimchi-devel-bounces at ovirt.org [mailto:
> > > kimchi-devel-bounces at ovirt.org] On Behalf Of Jan Schneider
> > > Sent: quinta-feira, 8 de outubro de 2015 13:10
> > > To: Aline Manera <alinefm at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > Cc: kimchi-devel at ovirt.org
> > > Subject: [Kimchi-devel] UI Change Request - Navigation
> > >
> > > Hello Aline,
> > >
> > > I refer to the latest version of the
> > > User Interface Design Specification - Kimchi, 2014-12-23 (aka UI
> > > Design Spec)
> > > which defines the following structure of functionalities:
> > >
> > > Host (second level navigation via panel areas)
> > > Performance (System Statistics)
> > > Basic Information
> > > Repositories
> > > Debug Report
> > > Software Updates
> > >
> > > Guests
> > > no second level functionalities
> > >
> > > Templates
> > > no second level functionalities
> > >
> > > Storage
> > > no second level functionalities
> > >
> > > Networks
> > > no second level functionalities
> > >
> > > Administration (second level navigation via collapse/expand)
> > > Firmware Update
> > > SEP Configuration
> > > Power Options
> > > Configuration Backup
> > > Network Configuration
> > > SAN Adapters
> > > Sensor Monitor
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Problem Statement
> > >
> > > We already decided to move all Administration functionalities to
> > > Host (currently not updated in the UI Design Spec).
> > >
> > > We are currently facing the following problems:
> > > 1) Host now contains 12 second level functionalities, all other
> > > (Guests, Templates, ...) none.
> > > We need to introduce a second level navigation for Host
> > > other than collapse/expand
> > > 2) The navigation bar elements Storage and Network (refering to
> > > Virtualization) also exist in the Host context.
> > > This might confuse the user.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Proposal
> > >
> > > The described problems can be solved with the following changes:
> > >
> > > 1) Introducing a second level navigation
> > > 2) Changing the structure of functionalities as follows:
> > >
> > > Host
> > > Performance (System Statistics)
> > > Basic Information
> > > Repositories
> > > Debug Report
> > > Software Updates
> > > Firmware Update
> > > SEP Configuration
> > > Power Options
> > > Configuration Backup
> > > Network Configuration
> > > SAN Adapters
> > > Sensor Monitor
> > >
> > > Virtualization
> > > Guests
> > > Templates
> > > Storage
> > > Networks
> > >
> > > Containers (future extension)
> > > to be defined
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Let's start a discussion on this.
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > > Jan
> > >
> >
> >
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