[TYPO3-hci] My 4.1 proposal - again

[Lasse Norby]

Michael Scharkow skrev:

> Should a browser-based app behave like a desktop-based app? I think that 
> onclick menus or double click behaviour is *not* what people expect in 
> web apps.
> 
> If we try to mimic the behaviour of Windows/MacOS whatever in a browser 
> we end up with endless limits and insane javascript usage (see again 
> Lasse's post). IMO it's worth copying UI from other web apps instead of 
> Desktops and Office tools because that's what TYPO3 is: a web app.
Good points and questions.
Thing is though, that typo3 has much more complexity and features than 
most other web-apps on the market today. Take for instance gmail. The 
only purpose you log in to gmail is to check your e-mail and send 
emails. So you'd expect to see a list of emails, a button that says 
"write new email" and some way to delete emails no longer needed.
Same thing with flickr.. Only difference - it shows photos!
Even wordpress has half the complexity of typo3.

What does a regular user expect to see when opening typo3??
How about an advanced user??
It depends on what their roles are, and what tasks lie ahead of them 
when opening typo3 right??

Point is that typo3 is from my point of view more than your regular 
"web-app", and I see no simple way to make it easy to use for everyone 
at the moment - even with extensive TS user setup scripting. So why not 
give the users a concept they are familiar with, and let them design 
their own back-end??
Expand upon the great feature of making a shortcut to the page or 
modules they spend most time in, and let them arrange these shortcuts to 
suit their needs. Personally I love to make shortcuts in windows.. It 
saves me sooo much time each day. And I also like to arrange them in 
small groups so that they are easy to find. Well.. maybe that's just 
me.. I dono... But this is a very well proved concept, and every user 
who ever used a computer, knows how it works.

And about the double-clicking to open a window.. Well I did that for my 
pleasure only. VERY easy to change to a single-click if need be..

Cheers!
Lasse

> 
> Greetings,
> Michael