[TYPO3-hci] 4.1 = menubar/iconbar/dashboard; lets go!

[Troels Kjær Rasmussen]

Kasper Skårhøj wrote:
> Without the icons I think many admins will be in despair for quick 
> access to modules. But as you can read I will make it configurable and 
> substitutable. The final test and adjustments can be in the usability 
> sessions.

I agree that admins would like this too, therefore of course the direct 
access to modules could be a part of the "advanced" foldout - and could 
possibly be dragged to the default set of icons - this either by 
preconfiguration of iconsets, but also by the admins individually.

However I still think simplification without loosing the flexibility of 
typo3 nor the interface is important. Shortcuts and redundancy should be 
a choice for the individual admin/editor not a default. This is not a 
new concept but a lesson learned from almost all major distributors of 
software the last 10 years - classic "simple/advanced" interface choice 
for the user is found in almost any softwarepackage, be it microsoft, 
adobe, macromedia, IBM, Sun or whoever. It appears to be a basic 
usability rule for any complex or semi-complex software today.

My point being: Of course we could try to reinvent the wheel by 
reinventing basic concepts of usability, but we could also look towards 
lessons learned from systems we in any other way compare TYPO3 too and 
"skip the fence" in pursue of achieving good results fast.

> About moving controls into the icon panel I see your point and it should 
> be possible that modules in the content frame can call up controls in 
> the top. I will consider that.

I think it´s a good and also verified (see above) way to do things.

To others: I´ll be happy to create a more descriptive dummy for these 
concepts and even implement some of the for testing, but I need more 
voices than Kaspers before I throw 10's of hours into it. I´m not (only) 
going to do this for myself, because I´ve already implemented a custom
editor interface(tkr_toolbar), but will only take on the task if others 
agree and are willing to respond to it.

Regards Troels Kjær Rasmussen, Denmark.