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

[Dan Osipov]

Let's commit as is, since its an improvement, and then iterate on it.

On 1/18/11 8:57 AM, Lorenz Ulrich wrote:
> 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
>

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