[Xerte-dev] Re: Possible icons in Workspace

Inge Donkervoort 12Change i.donkervoort at 12change.eu
Tue Oct 29 17:54:00 GMT 2013


Hi,

Katrien from Belgium has the suggestion that there could be also a 
symbol for share LO's?
She also likes the symbols on eacht row and not only on the selected item.

Bye,
Inge

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Op 29-10-2013 14:51, Pat @ Pgogy schreef:
> I agree, I felt like it was heading into user settings territory....
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Ron Mitchell 
> <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk <mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     and toggle off by default... ;-)
>
>     Seriously though -  I really like the functionality John and would
>     find it very useful personally - especially if the icons can
>     actually link to those sections of properties at some point. I
>     don't think the icons themselves can just be a toggle e.g.
>     public/private because there are obviously more options to set
>     than just on/off. But in a way that's the point - if all they do
>     is give a basic idea of the properties for a given LO without
>     providing more value than that then you still have to select the
>     LO then select properties and I know lots of users including those
>     responsible for supporting staff and students in their
>     organisations that would say it's unecessary clutter. That's
>     certainly not a criticism of what you've added John but a bit like
>     moodle you only see all the edit icons when you turn editing on so
>     the toggle would be the equivalent. The alternative but a much
>     longer term discussion/wishlist might be default and user profile
>     settings. Perhaps that's 3.2! ;-)
>
>     HTH
>
>     Ron
>
>     *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>     <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>     [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>     <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] *On Behalf Of
>     *Smith, John
>     *Sent:* 29 October 2013 12:10
>
>
>     *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>     *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Possible icons in Workspace
>
>     OK, smaller icons and toggle...
>
>     Regards,
>
>     John Smith
>
>     Learning Technologist
>
>     School of Health & Life Sciences
>
>     Glasgow Caledonian University
>
>     *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>     <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>     [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of
>     *Tom Reijnders
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:54 AM
>     *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>     *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Possible icons in Workspace
>
>     No, in my opinion you should just show them.
>
>     Really, people are used to icons.
>
>     If we need to accommodate people who would hate those icons, then
>     Ron's proposal is best: provide a global toggle
>
>     Tom
>
>     "Smith, John" <J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk <mailto:J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk>>
>     schreef:
>
>     I was thinking of toggle buttons and of Ron's question about
>     really long LO names and thought of having the selected LO expand
>     to 2 rows and having the icons underneath and toggleable...
>
>     It almost makes the initial driver pointless though since you need
>     to select each LO to see the icons... perhaps a tick box or a show
>     button that toggles or shows icons that then fade out again...
>
>     Regards,
>
>     John Smith
>
>     Learning Technologist
>
>     School of Health & Life Sciences
>
>     Glasgow Caledonian University
>
>     *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>     <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>     [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of
>     *Pat @ Pgogy
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:42 AM
>     *To:* For Xerte technical developers
>     *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Possible icons in Workspace
>
>     The moodle off grey icons might make sense as they'll blend better
>     with any theme?
>
>     I think the icons make sense, but should they be toggle buttons?
>
>     I could see a case that the interface could be tweaked a little -
>     the properties panel isn't really properties anymore (it's more
>     properties and do lots of important stuff).
>
>     2.2 makes sense, but I think the icons make the interface easier
>     to use - would they confuse a new user - probably, but they might
>     also demonstrate some of the features the system has which people
>     have missed (or is that atypical techie talk)
>
>     On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Julian Tenney
>     <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
>     <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     As well as 'is shared, be good to see 'is a share' (i.e. I'm
>     sharing someone else's project).
>
>     Can we leave this until 2.2?
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
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>     [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>     <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of
>     Smith, John
>     Sent: 28 October 2013 22:19
>     To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>     <mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>     Subject: [Xerte-dev] Possible icons in Workspace
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     So from my conversation with Pat, I have taken a look at the
>     feasibility of adding icons to Workspace to show-at-a-glance
>     certain statuses:
>
>       Private/Public
>       Flash vs Javascript
>       RSS syndicated
>       Shared with a collaborator
>       (there may be others we can do that i'm not aware of)
>
>     I have rewritten the SQL query for Workspace to gather the
>     required data and implemented the icons but as you can imagine
>     Workspace soon gets cluttered (see image XOT_Icons_All). I have
>     also been playing with the idea of only showing the images for the
>     row that is selected (XOT_Icons_Selected) - but then I know you
>     can select more than 1 row so not sure how to handle that...
>
>     What do you think?  I'm looking for ideas...
>
>     Regards,
>
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