Monday 05 January 2004 12:26:44 pm

Eirik

Post your suggestions here, if there are things others want too, I'm sure the ez crew will take notice and change the default admin interface accordingly.

Perhaps a contest should be held on who makes the most useful general admin design.

For end-users, I would go for a minimalistic interface, ie just the things they need. But that depends on the application and target audience(s) and I'm afraid there is no catch-all solution. What I do is integrate "admin" functions in the user site, thereby happily using the ezpreferences mechanism :-)

-paul

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Tuesday 06 January 2004 6:12:22 am

While the interface is customizable, some of the customizations would require a lot of work for a non-eZ developer to put into place. One example of a frustrating interface element - for me at least - is the way that fields are ordered within a content class. As discussed in this thread (http://ez.no/developer/ez_publish_3/forum/suggestions/ordering_elements_of_classes_numbers_instead_of_arrows_), it would be great if the arrows were replaced with a text box allowing us to set the order, much like how we can set the priority of objects within folders.

The initial request to improve usability is a fair one I think. Now that eZ publish is growing more stable and its features are filling out, I think it is important that the interface is re-examined. We as developers would benefit from a solid, consistent UI foundation to build upon, and our users and clients are better served if we can our spend time on our public-facing sites instead of the internal interface to the content management system. Which is why I occasionally post suggestions as to UI improvements, with the hope that some might be rolled into a release.

It would be really nice if an upcoming revision focused on usability improvements in addition to, or instead of some additional features.

Alex

-- Sorry about the length of the post.

Alex
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Tuesday 06 January 2004 7:16:10 am

Thanks for the update Balazs! Do we have time to make suggestions for that revision, or have you decided upon the options already?

Again, thank you for the information. :)

Alex

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