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

[Dan Osipov]

Committed to trunk in revision 42677

On 1/15/11 3:42 PM, 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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