[pLog-svn] 1.3: reorganizing menus a little

Oscar Renalias oscar at renalias.net
Mon Jul 16 02:58:45 EDT 2007


Why do we need two separate pages for inbox and outbox? What's wrong
with having a big "messaging" one that provides access to the inbox
and the outbox?

On 7/16/07, Mark Wu <markplace at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ha ha, agreed. For better user experience. So, the friend menu will like
> following:
>
> Friend
>     friends
>     friend groups
>     privatemessage(inbox)
>     privatemessage(outbox)
>
> All newxxx will go into each xxxviewlist.
>
> 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 2:22 PM
> To: LifeType Developer List
> Subject: Re: [pLog-svn] 1.3: reorganizing menus a little
>
> 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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