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

[Lorenz Ulrich]

Hi there

Nice to have life back in this list...

Uschi made the suggestion to move the selection selextbox to the bottom 
and instead move the checkboxes from options (display thumbnails, 
display extended info) to top.

I don't use the "current list selection" often in the media browser, but 
I don't know if other people do. What is your opinion?


Lorenz

Am 18.01.2011 12:51, schrieb Bjoern Pedersen:
> Am 15.01.2011 21:42, schrieb Lorenz Ulrich:
>> 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
> +1 by reading and testing. The page browser is now located much more
> convienient.
>
> björn