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

[Lior Vernia]

On 23/08/13 08:51, Karli Sjöberg wrote:
> 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).

And is it at all helpful to see it in the Host Setup Networks context?
It is set in the DC context when adding or editing a network, to my
understanding it doesn't have much to do with a specific host.

I'm guessing the main reason it's there is to give people a shot at
guessing why their network appears out-of-sync, when it's caused by the
MTU being configured differently on the host, but I don't think that
would be easy to figure out anyway.

> 
> /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
>> > 
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