[pLog-svn] 1.3: reorganizing menus a little

Oscar Renalias oscar at renalias.net
Mon Jul 16 02:21:41 EDT 2007


For once, this is not about being fancy but about being less confusing
and more usable :-)

But so far only developers (Jon and Mark) have answered, so how about
end users  or those of you reading this list who have a site with
several users? Do you also think that this reorganization is a good
approach?

On 7/16/07, Mark Wu <markplace at gmail.com> wrote:
> Then. According to this, I will remove the new friend, new friend group and
> new private message and put them into, friends, friends groups and private
> messages inbox list.
>
> It really makes our UI looks a lof better and fancy.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net
> [mailto:plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net] On Behalf Of Oscar Renalias
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:44 AM
> To: LifeType Developer List
> Subject: [pLog-svn] 1.3: reorganizing menus a little
>
> I'd also like to discuss a reorganization of the menus with you to trim down
> the options and make it less confusing. This is what I have in mind:
>
>         Content -- (rather than "Manage")
>                 Write -- (instead of "New Post")
>                 Posts -- (current "Edit posts")
>                 Categories -- (including "New category")
>                 Comments -- (merge of "Trackbacks" and "Comments", why
> should they be different?)
>                 Links -- (including "New Link")
>                 Link Categories -- (including "New Link Category")
>                 Fields -- (renamed from "Custom fields", including "New
> Custom Field")
>         Media -- (I think "Media" is a lot less confusing than "Resources")
>                 (this would now be just one screen, including "New Album"
> and "New
> Resource")
>         Settings
>                 Blog -- (renamed from "Blog Settings")
>                 Templates -- (renamed from "Blog Templates", including "New
> Blog
> Template")
>                 Users -- (renamed from "Blog Users", including "New Blog
> User")
>                 Profile -- (renamed from "User Settings")
>                 Stats
>         Administration
>                 (pretty much as it is now)
>
> So "Content", "Media", "Settings" and "Administration" would be the options
> available at the top menu bar and almost all the options become a single
> word (I can't shorten "Link Categories" any more...).
> This also means that "Logout" would go away and it would be placed in a not
> so prominent but equally visible place, as I don't think it's that
> important.
>
> What do you people think?
>
> Oscar
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