[op5-users] GUI design issue, we want your opinion!

[Roman Kyrylych]

Martin D Kamijo wrote:
> On Sep 25, 2008, at 14:44, Roman Kyrylych wrote:
>
>   
>> Martin Svangren wrote:
>>     
>>> Version 1, definitely.
>>>
>>> Working from left to right seems to make more sense. Also, grouping
>>> "available" and "selected" side by side for users and groups is more
>>> logical, at least to me. Grouping "available users" and "available
>>> groups" on one side and their "selected" respectives on the other  
>>> side
>>> would make a user or group move too far from it's original position  
>>> and
>>> give a sense of the item disappearing rather than moving - you'd  
>>> have to
>>> shift your eyes and look for the item to find it again after moving  
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Also, I think the term "selected" is better than "current".
>>>
>>>       
>> Why name them "selected" when they are not?
>> "Current" list means users/groups that are allowed to use the filter
>> that is selected in "Global filters".
>>
>> As for "left-to-right" - this makes sense when you are selecting some
>> items from available list, then want to do something with them.
>> (i.e. the GUI should be like [available] [<->] [selected] [Save])
>> But this is not the case in that popup.
>>     
>
> As far as I think what you describe here is exactly that kind of thing  
> you want to have "left-to-right" for.
> You wrote it your self: "this makes sens when you are selecting som  
> items from available list, then want to do something with them".
> Correct me if I'm wrong but you do want to do something with them. You  
> want them to be able to access a specific filter. So, you look at what  
> users that ar available in the list to the left and then you select  
> them and move them over to the list of selected users who should be  
> able to see the filter.
>   

I disagree. The whole popup is used for many things:
* show lists of global and private filters, allow to move a filter 
between them;
* show lists of users/groups who can/can't use the filter selected on 
the left,
  allow to move users/groups between lists;
* allow renaming a filter
* show filter's search query, in future - allow to change it
The primary use of popup is to get all information about filters, and 
_optionally_ change it.
_If_ there would be only List1 <=> List2 DoIt!-button _then_ the 
left-to-right would be correct,
but as I've described above - this is not the case here.

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