[Xerte-dev] Re: Possible icons in Workspace

[Tom Reijnders]

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> 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] 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?
>
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>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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