[TYPO3-hci] TYPO3 4.2 blog entry

[Steffen Kamper]

"Erik Svendsen" <erik at linnearad.no> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1211107164.11488.typo3-team-hci at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hello Dmitry Dulepov [typo3],
>
>> Hi Erik!
>>
>> Erik Svendsen wrote:
>>
>>> * Tabbed menu should never be needed. Yes and no. Sometimes it's
>>> correct, other times it should be possible to turn it of on BE users
>>> level.
>>>
>> I understood every point except this one. Can you tell more? :) What
>> do you mean by "tabbed menu"?
>>
>
> Refering to the blog from Hannes, I think he see the use of "tabbed menu" 
> in content elements, for instance "General | Text | Media |Access" on top 
> of Text w/image is a tabbed menu, making the users both a bit confused and 
> making need for more mouse clicks than necessary.
> And if you restrict available fields for a BE-user, for instance to only 
> following, Header, Text, Image, Caption (to really make it simple), use of 
> tabbed menu isn't the most effective way writing. But another user maybe 
> should use more and less all the features of a content element, then 
> scrolling is a real problem, and the use of tabbed menu is faster than 
> scrolling up and down.
>
> It's easy to see if you compare a user with a really simple settings and a 
> admin user, how they sees a content element like Text w/image and also 
> compare 4.1.6 and 4.2.0.
>
> But I think such comparing also shows how important setting up backend 
> users in a correct manner is for usability. And setting it up isn't the 
> most userfriendly task for a newbie in the TYPO3 world.
>
> A bit OT: I always use the method of "simple is better" when setting up 
> editors. I find it's easier to enhance the functionality when the user 
> need it, than to restrict it. It also makes the editor learn faster, and 
> when he/her is used to the backend they mostly understand new 
> functionality in a easy way.

the tabs should help to organize huge forms.
They can be deactivated if not wanted, but unfortunally atm only global 
using extTables.php

$GLOBALS['TCA']['tt_content']['ctrl']['dividers2tabs'] = 0;

In future this should be possible in userTS so you can disable that for 
editors having less fields, and have it activated for admins having all 
fields.

vg Steffen