[TYPO3-dam-devel] RFC #9777: Usability issues with the DAM media browser

[ben van 't ende]

Really nice usability improvement. +1 by looking ;-)

gRTz

ben



On 15/01/11 21:42, Lorenz Ulrich wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> this is an SVN patch request.
> 
> Type: UX improvment
> 
> Bugtracker reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=9777
> 
> Branches: trunk
> 
> Problem:
> From a UX point of view, the DAM media browser has some annoying glitches:
> 
> - The page browser is only shown on top of the list, so if you don't find a
> file, you first have to scroll up to find out that there are more files on other
> pages. There must be a second page browser after the list.
> 
> - The search box is "hidden" at the very bottom of the media browser. As it is
> very useful it should be on top.
> 
> - Media browser elements like "Selection" and "Sorting" are located on top of
> the whole element browser. But they only affect the file listing. So they should
> be placed the a new position on top of the list.
> 
> Solution:
> I cleaned up the media browser based on a mockup I made earlier this year. Some
> things would need more fundamental changes and therefore they would need a lot
> of time. So I think found a reasonable compromise (see before.png and after.png).
> 
> Notes:
> Tested on Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer 8.
> 
> I removed the display of allowed file types. In my opinion it is only a waste of
> space to display them - they are always displayed before opening the media browser.
> 
> I'm very open for improvements of the patch.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> Lorenz


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