[Users] so, what do you want next in oVirt?

[Andrew Lau]

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 09/06/2013 02:19 PM, Andrew Lau wrote:
>
>> A lot of work.. but has there been any consideration into redesigning
>> the web UI? Right now it's so complex and heavy, takes a while to load
>> and too many features are hidden! I've been using oVirt for half a
>> year.. and I'm still finding small useful things hidden here and there.
>>
>>
> Can you provide more details on issues you're seeing, and suggestions for
> a future approach?
>
>
It's not really an issue.. more of a suggestion. But if for example you
look at the Foreman UI, everything is categorized and if for example you
want to modify X it's right there under the obvious menu option.

When it comes to oVirt, the documentation isn't as readily available and
for example if you wanted to modify the network configuration it takes
about 10 different mouse clicks to get to where you want, and then
sometimes it errors and then you need to refresh the page or something. The
general feel, maybe it's just my setups but the login process always takes
between 30-90 seconds, probably to load all the javascript etc. A simple
HTML + jquery approach similar to Openstack / Foreman would be much cleaner
experience.

Whenever I've showed oVirt to other people. They've always mentioned how
slow the UI experience is, different from the stereotype of being able to
do things more effectively on Linux compared to Windows.

Obviously I'm looking from just the Administration portal POV, and my
suggestion isn't really critical as it doesn't effect what matters most
(VMs, Features etc.) but it would really bring oVirt to a new level
visually and make it a little more appealing.

Apologizes for the poorly formatted ramble.
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