>________________________________ > From: elin <elin.war...@gmail.com> >To: joomla-dev-cms@googlegroups.com >Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:08 AM >Subject: Re: [jcms] Re: 3-.0 Admin Template projects - asking for Feedback
>Is the help link on the top bar the contextual help or is it still the top help menu? Have you just not dealt with that button (and the preferences button) on the tool bar yet? >I think it would be really good to have a contextual help icon that is more universal than the life preserver (I always wonder how people who live in land locked places interpret that one).
>Elin
>On Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:57:48 AM UTC-4, elin wrote: >Kyle,
>>That's a big help, the crowded-ness in that space right now is a big issue in the current managers even in English.
>>Elin
>>On Friday, April 27, 2012 12:14:49 PM UTC-4, Kyle Ledbetter wrote: >>Hey JM just wanted to post this pic here in case you didn't see on twitter, I'm moving the page title up to the header where there is more room :)
>>>More updates coming >>>-Kyle
>>>On Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:57:27 AM UTC-5, infograf768 wrote: >>>Hello Kyle,
>>>>I guess Elin has rightfully summarized the present situation. >>>>We have reached a step where trunk will become 3.0 pre-alpha at
the end of May (after the 2.5.5 release).
>>>>Until I posted on this list, I was only aware of some screenshots
you posted in your forum.
>>>>Getting a full branch to test made the difference.
>>>>I have tested your branch with 2.5 admin templates and they are
in many respects broken. i.e. the changes you brought to core make them incompatible.
>>>>Therefore, as committing your proposal to Trunk implies a lot of
code changes, we do need to test it now fully, for core and for 3pd, including legacy.
>>>>This is a much heavier task than when it took weeks to
re-implement an International Menu which had been "forgotten" when the joomla.org family of sites design was revamped.
>>>>My thoughts are evidently personal, based on the tests I did with your branch. >>>>You should not dismiss them though too fast. >>>>CMS maintainers and JBS have spent countless hours to make
bluestork usable (and Andy to create accessible Hathor) and we now have some experience to share.
>>>>Sorry, I don't tweet and I do not think that such an
implementation can anyway be discussed or supported or not in a few words.
>>>>I have added you to my skype contacts and I am ready to explain
to you with screenshots where I think are the main culprits + suggesting some improvements.
>>>>If this is not enough. I am willing to make a full pdf with details.
>>>>Friendly
>>>>JM
>>>>Hi Kyle,
>>>>Cool. Overall CMS related communication
takes place on the CMS and JBS lists . So I'm glad you've now made your first (I think ) foray into the world where your work will be scrutinized, pushed in directions you never thought about, and in general given a workout like it never has had. It's really important that the people who will in the end have responsibility for long term maintenance get to know the code. Probably you will want to listen for feed back on the general list too since the admin templates has big implications for the independent developer community and of course anything that touches core outputs. Most important I think is to get something into the feature tracker with a link to your repo so people can try it out and start giving feedback and even patches. Make sure to subscribe to the issue report with the work since that way you will get email with each comment.
>>>>There is a great community out there that
will do testing in all kinds of settings including every language and every kind of assistive device you can think of.
>>>>Of course there are months to go and no
one expects that what you have now is ready for prime time, but early feed back is way better than later feed back so let's go for it.
>>>>>I think we are going to work insanely hard not to disrupt a single 2.5
site that goes to 3.0 but to offer them great new features too. So the sooner we have things to test the sooner we can start coding and testing out things like how do we offer an upgrading user the option to switch templates.
>>>>>Hey JM, sorry for the delayed reply, I was just made aware
of this post (how are you btw, been a while :)
>>>>>To your points, yes it's still very much under
construction and lots left to do. So far it's been just me but I've made lots of progress in a short while. My plan is to do a 1st round of updates on everything to get the markup standardized and the new template built, then make rounds (and rounds) of UX improvements, test accessibility, add RTL, etc, etc.
>>>>>I've been trying to do lots of communication on twitter,
skype and in the ux.joomla.org forum, and I've receive overwhelmingly positive feedback from all types of folks, component developers (who are all onboard to update their components and completely standardize them), template developers, and end users. To get a quick pulse check all this feedback https://twitter.com/# !/search/joomla%203.0 < I've never seen unified excitement like that in our community before.
>>>>>Some of your thoughts seem to be personal opinions about
design. I can guarantee you that all aspects of usability and experience will be improved and that the most modern and effect UX design patterns and styles are being applied here.
>>>>>If you'd like to chat more about any aspect I'm always
>>>>>>I downloaded the project itself and installed it >>>>>>>https://github.com/Joomla3- Admin-template/joomla-cms/ zipball/template
>>>>>>>Obviously it is unfinished and my feedback will not concern the unfinished parts. >>>>>>(No descriptions displayed during installation, Options
toolbar broken, Articles Titles and Category field missing, menu items associations, etc.)
>>>>>>Nevertheless I am concerned about this design generally speaking.
>>>>>>1. This template's name should be called "Scroller"
instead of "Strapped" ( ;-) ), for the need to scroll all over the UI is so important that we immediately feel the urge to recover our good old 1.5 templates where the scrolls there were sometimes important but not systematic.
>>>>>>2. In the whole admin, the choice to display a menu on
left with a fixed width is creating many issues.
>>>>>>Even in English, andat fortiori in other
languages, the labels occupy 2 or more lines for some.
>>>>>>This can be seen in the left menu and also in the columns
heads of the Managers.
>>>>>>The Manager Titles are unreadable as they are cut, even in English.
>>>>>>3. No RTL consideration at all for now
>>>>>>4. I am not a fan either of the black and white icons.
Colour is an important bonus for usability.
>>>>>>5. I welcome some of the Tabs but used systematically for
everything == lost of time
>>>>>>I sincerely hope it will be possible to improve/change these issues.
>>>>>>Feedback welcome.
>>>>>>JM
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I have seen this, Kyle. Nice.
As I already told you, I do not Tweet.
I am keeping an eye on your branch. at least for the Usability issues.
The fixed-width fields and columns is still a big issue, as I demonstrated to you the other day. As well as the left menu stealing our real-estate.
BTW: one can't install sample data with your branch
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>I agree with regards to a universal contextual >help icon. What about a question mark? That >seems to be pretty much universal.
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I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the question, and the regular one after? I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago. However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages. Having said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as a symbol for a question or help. This bears thinking upon...
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> I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the question,
> and the regular one after?
> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
> However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages. Having
> said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as a
> symbol for a question or help.
> This bears thinking upon...
> Sincerely,
> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
> In Spanish it is
> ¿ ( ¿ )
> and in some languages, it's not used at all.
> JM
> At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
> I agree with regards to a universal contextual help icon. What about a
> question mark? That seems to be pretty much universal.
> Sincerely,
> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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>> I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the question, >> and the regular one after?
>> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
>> However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages. Having >> said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as a >> symbol for a question or help.
>> This bears thinking upon...
>> Sincerely,
>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
>> In Spanish it is
>> ¿ ( ¿ )
>> and in some languages, it's not used at all.
>> JM
>> At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
>> I agree with regards to a universal contextual help icon. What about a >> question mark? That seems to be pretty much universal.
>> Sincerely,
>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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I'm afraid your knowledge of Joomla! far exceeds you understanding of the
ICRC. It would have saved both of us some time if you had simply researched
you reply prior to dismissing my suggestion.
The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies so
that is not it's proper name. To quote Wikipedia "The ICRC is the oldest
and most honored organization within the IRC and one of the most widely
recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace Prizes
in 1917, 1944, and 1963."
I agree you are correct that adding a crescent might make it more universal
but the Red Cross is a universal international symbol and has been since
the 1950's. The Red Cross is recognized by all the signers of the Geneva
Coventions. See this page on the site you referenced
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P which is a pretty
exhaustive list of the countries of the world. The Red Cross is
specifically named in article 9.
So can we agree the cross/crescent symbol would be completely universal?
Terry Arthur
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, brian teeman <jooml...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:30:11 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>> Unlike question marks or life preservers a Red Cross has been a universal
>> symbol for help/aid since 1881.
>> Sorry but thats not true the red cross is not a global symbol for
> help/aid as can be seen by the correct official name [image: IFRC]<http://www.ifrc.org/en/>
>> Terry Arthur
>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Aaron Wood <freshinkcreat...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>>> I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the question,
>>> and the regular one after?
>>> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
>>> However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages. Having
>>> said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as a
>>> symbol for a question or help.
>>> This bears thinking upon...
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
>>> In Spanish it is
>>> ¿ ( ¿ )
>>> and in some languages, it's not used at all.
>>> JM
>>> At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
>>> I agree with regards to a universal contextual help icon. What about a
>>> question mark? That seems to be pretty much universal.
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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I'm not into arguing or pettiness. the fact is that the red cross is not a global symbol that would be immediately recognised by everyone in the world to mean help and assistance which is the whole point of the original suggestion. I certainly would not recommend adding a crescent ot the cross to make a universal symbol - if nothing else both of those marks are very protected symbols and can not be abused
On Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:10:16 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
> @Brian,
> I'm afraid your knowledge of Joomla! far exceeds you understanding of the > ICRC. It would have saved both of us some time if you had simply researched > you reply prior to dismissing my suggestion.
> The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
> and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies so > that is not it's proper name. To quote Wikipedia "The ICRC is the oldest > and most honored organization within the IRC and one of the most widely > recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace Prizes > in 1917, 1944, and 1963."
> I agree you are correct that adding a crescent might make it more > universal but the Red Cross is a universal international symbol and has > been since the 1950's. The Red Cross is recognized by all the signers of > the Geneva Coventions. See this page on the site you referenced > http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P which is a > pretty exhaustive list of the countries of the world. The Red Cross is > specifically named in article 9.
> So can we agree the cross/crescent symbol would be completely universal?
> Terry Arthur
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, brian teeman <jooml...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:30:11 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>>> Unlike question marks or life preservers a Red Cross has been a >>> universal symbol for help/aid since 1881.
>>> Sorry but thats not true the red cross is not a global symbol for >> help/aid as can be seen by the correct official name [image: IFRC]<http://www.ifrc.org/en/>
>>> Terry Arthur
>>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Aaron Wood <freshinkcreat...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>> I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the question, >>>> and the regular one after?
>>>> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
>>>> However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages. Having >>>> said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as a >>>> symbol for a question or help.
>>>> This bears thinking upon...
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
>>>> In Spanish it is
>>>> ¿ ( ¿ )
>>>> and in some languages, it's not used at all.
>>>> JM
>>>> At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
>>>> I agree with regards to a universal contextual help icon. What about a >>>> question mark? That seems to be pretty much universal.
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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On Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:10:16 PM UTC-4, terryarthur wrote:
> @Brian,
> I'm afraid your knowledge of Joomla! far exceeds you understanding of the > ICRC. It would have saved both of us some time if you had simply researched > you reply prior to dismissing my suggestion.
> The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
> and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies so > that is not it's proper name. To quote Wikipedia "The ICRC is the oldest > and most honored organization within the IRC and one of the most widely > recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace Prizes > in 1917, 1944, and 1963."
> I agree you are correct that adding a crescent might make it more > universal but the Red Cross is a universal international symbol and has > been since the 1950's. The Red Cross is recognized by all the signers of > the Geneva Coventions. See this page on the site you referenced > http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P which is a > pretty exhaustive list of the countries of the world. The Red Cross is > specifically named in article 9.
> So can we agree the cross/crescent symbol would be completely universal?
> Terry Arthur
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, brian teeman <jooml...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:30:11 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>>> Unlike question marks or life preservers a Red Cross has been a >>> universal symbol for help/aid since 1881.
>>> Sorry but thats not true the red cross is not a global symbol for >> help/aid as can be seen by the correct official name [image: IFRC]<http://www.ifrc.org/en/>
>>> Terry Arthur
>>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Aaron Wood <freshinkcreat...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>> I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the question, >>>> and the regular one after?
>>>> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
>>>> However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages. Having >>>> said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as a >>>> symbol for a question or help.
>>>> This bears thinking upon...
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
>>>> In Spanish it is
>>>> ¿ ( ¿ )
>>>> and in some languages, it's not used at all.
>>>> JM
>>>> At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
>>>> I agree with regards to a universal contextual help icon. What about a >>>> question mark? That seems to be pretty much universal.
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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> On Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:10:16 PM UTC-4, terryarthur wrote:
>> @Brian,
>> I'm afraid your knowledge of Joomla! far exceeds you understanding of the >> ICRC. It would have saved both of us some time if you had simply researched >> you reply prior to dismissing my suggestion.
>> The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent >> Movement and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent >> Societies so that is not it's proper name. To quote Wikipedia "The ICRC is >> the oldest and most honored organization within the IRC and one of the most >> widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace >> Prizes in 1917, 1944, and 1963."
>> I agree you are correct that adding a crescent might make it more >> universal but the Red Cross is a universal international symbol and has >> been since the 1950's. The Red Cross is recognized by all the signers of >> the Geneva Coventions. See this page on the site you referenced >> http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P which is a >> pretty exhaustive list of the countries of the world. The Red Cross is >> specifically named in article 9.
>> So can we agree the cross/crescent symbol would be completely universal?
>> Terry Arthur
>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, brian teeman <jooml...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:30:11 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>>>> Unlike question marks or life preservers a Red Cross has been a >>>> universal symbol for help/aid since 1881.
>>>> Sorry but thats not true the red cross is not a global symbol for >>> help/aid as can be seen by the correct official name [image: IFRC]<http://www.ifrc.org/en/>
>>>> Terry Arthur
>>>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Aaron Wood <freshinkcreat...@yahoo.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the >>>>> question, and the regular one after?
>>>>> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
>>>>> However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages. >>>>> Having said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as >>>>> a symbol for a question or help.
>>>>> This bears thinking upon...
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
>>>>> In Spanish it is
>>>>> ¿ ( ¿ )
>>>>> and in some languages, it's not used at all.
>>>>> JM
>>>>> At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
>>>>> I agree with regards to a universal contextual help icon. What about a >>>>> question mark? That seems to be pretty much universal.
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:54:05 UTC+1, elin wrote:
>> Can we not get into Middle Eastern politics?
> It is nothing to do with the Middle East - the Red Crescent is not
> restricted to the Middle East
>> Let's see what Kyle comes up.
> I agree 1000%
>> Elin
>> On Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:10:16 PM UTC-4, terryarthur wrote:
>>> @Brian,
>>> I'm afraid your knowledge of Joomla! far exceeds you understanding of
>>> the ICRC. It would have saved both of us some time if you had simply
>>> researched you reply prior to dismissing my suggestion.
>>> The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent
>>> Movement and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
>>> Societies so that is not it's proper name. To quote Wikipedia "The ICRC is
>>> the oldest and most honored organization within the IRC and one of the most
>>> widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace
>>> Prizes in 1917, 1944, and 1963."
>>> I agree you are correct that adding a crescent might make it more
>>> universal but the Red Cross is a universal international symbol and has
>>> been since the 1950's. The Red Cross is recognized by all the signers of
>>> the Geneva Coventions. See this page on the site you referenced
>>> http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/**WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P<http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P>which is a pretty exhaustive list of the countries of the world. The Red
>>> Cross is specifically named in article 9.
>>> So can we agree the cross/crescent symbol would be completely universal?
>>> Terry Arthur
>>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, brian teeman <jooml...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:30:11 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>>>>> Unlike question marks or life preservers a Red Cross has been a
>>>>> universal symbol for help/aid since 1881.
>>>>> Sorry but thats not true the red cross is not a global symbol for
>>>> help/aid as can be seen by the correct official name [image: IFRC]<http://www.ifrc.org/en/>
>>>>> Terry Arthur
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Aaron Wood <
>>>>> freshinkcreat...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the
>>>>>> question, and the regular one after?
>>>>>> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
>>>>>> However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages.
>>>>>> Having said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as
>>>>>> a symbol for a question or help.
>>>>>> This bears thinking upon...
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
>>>>>> In Spanish it is
>>>>>> ¿ ( ¿ )
>>>>>> and in some languages, it's not used at all.
>>>>>> JM
>>>>>> At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
>>>>>> I agree with regards to a universal contextual help icon. What about
>>>>>> a question mark? That seems to be pretty much universal.
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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It's totally fine to make suggestions, what I am suggesting is that we not get into a flame war about it and the related political and religious issues or the different uses of these symbols. I, at least, would be thankful if we do not go down that path. I also would consider it helpful if discussions did not include personal comments.
So now we know why people invented the life preserver icon .. it doesn't use a ? or i and doesn't have religious connotations.
On Sunday, April 29, 2012 6:10:26 PM UTC-4, terryarthur wrote:
> @Brian, Elin
> Ok let's forget about the Red Cross/Red Crescent and just take a look at > ISO 7001? Oh, look the international standard is a cross.
> I'm sure Kyle doesn't mind me making suggestions and can speak for himself > if he wants to do all the thinking himself.
> Terry
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 6:00 PM, brian teeman <jooml...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:54:05 UTC+1, elin wrote:
>>> Can we not get into Middle Eastern politics?
>> It is nothing to do with the Middle East - the Red Crescent is not >> restricted to the Middle East
>>> Let's see what Kyle comes up.
>> I agree 1000%
>>> Elin
>>> On Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:10:16 PM UTC-4, terryarthur wrote:
>>>> @Brian,
>>>> I'm afraid your knowledge of Joomla! far exceeds you understanding of >>>> the ICRC. It would have saved both of us some time if you had simply >>>> researched you reply prior to dismissing my suggestion.
>>>> The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent >>>> Movement and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent >>>> Societies so that is not it's proper name. To quote Wikipedia "The ICRC is >>>> the oldest and most honored organization within the IRC and one of the most >>>> widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace >>>> Prizes in 1917, 1944, and 1963."
>>>> I agree you are correct that adding a crescent might make it more >>>> universal but the Red Cross is a universal international symbol and has >>>> been since the 1950's. The Red Cross is recognized by all the signers of >>>> the Geneva Coventions. See this page on the site you referenced >>>> http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/**WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P<http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P>which is a pretty exhaustive list of the countries of the world. The Red >>>> Cross is specifically named in article 9.
>>>> So can we agree the cross/crescent symbol would be completely universal?
>>>> Terry Arthur
>>>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, brian teeman <jooml...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:30:11 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>>>>>> Unlike question marks or life preservers a Red Cross has been a >>>>>> universal symbol for help/aid since 1881.
>>>>>> Sorry but thats not true the red cross is not a global symbol for >>>>> help/aid as can be seen by the correct official name [image: IFRC]<http://www.ifrc.org/en/>
>>>>>> Terry Arthur
>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Aaron Wood <
>>>>>> freshinkcreat...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the >>>>>>> question, and the regular one after?
>>>>>>> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
>>>>>>> However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages. >>>>>>> Having said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as >>>>>>> a symbol for a question or help.
>>>>>>> This bears thinking upon...
>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
>>>>>>> In Spanish it is
>>>>>>> ¿ ( ¿ )
>>>>>>> and in some languages, it's not used at all.
>>>>>>> JM
>>>>>>> At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
>>>>>>> I agree with regards to a universal contextual help icon. What about >>>>>>> a question mark? That seems to be pretty much universal.
>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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Thanks for the permission to contribute to the list. I'll try to conduct
myself better in the future.
For some reason I had the idea that actual facts were pertinent and should
be articulated but what does the International Standards Organization know
anyway?
Terry
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 5:25 PM, brian teeman <jooml...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> I'm not into arguing or pettiness. the fact is that the red cross is not a
> global symbol that would be immediately recognised by everyone in the world
> to mean help and assistance which is the whole point of the original
> suggestion. I certainly would not recommend adding a crescent ot the cross
> to make a universal symbol - if nothing else both of those marks are very
> protected symbols and can not be abused
> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:10:16 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>> @Brian,
>> I'm afraid your knowledge of Joomla! far exceeds you understanding of the
>> ICRC. It would have saved both of us some time if you had simply researched
>> you reply prior to dismissing my suggestion.
>> The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent
>> Movement and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
>> Societies so that is not it's proper name. To quote Wikipedia "The ICRC is
>> the oldest and most honored organization within the IRC and one of the most
>> widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace
>> Prizes in 1917, 1944, and 1963."
>> I agree you are correct that adding a crescent might make it more
>> universal but the Red Cross is a universal international symbol and has
>> been since the 1950's. The Red Cross is recognized by all the signers of
>> the Geneva Coventions. See this page on the site you referenced
>> http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/**WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P<http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P>which is a pretty exhaustive list of the countries of the world. The Red
>> Cross is specifically named in article 9.
>> So can we agree the cross/crescent symbol would be completely universal?
>> Terry Arthur
>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, brian teeman <jooml...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:30:11 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>>>> Unlike question marks or life preservers a Red Cross has been a
>>>> universal symbol for help/aid since 1881.
>>>> Sorry but thats not true the red cross is not a global symbol for
>>> help/aid as can be seen by the correct official name [image: IFRC]<http://www.ifrc.org/en/>
>>>> Terry Arthur
>>>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Aaron Wood <freshinkcreat...@yahoo.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> I thought in spanish there was the upside down one before the
>>>>> question, and the regular one after?
>>>>> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
>>>>> However, you are correct that it is not used in other languages.
>>>>> Having said that, I still think it should be recognizable by most people as
>>>>> a symbol for a question or help.
>>>>> This bears thinking upon...
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
>>>>> In Spanish it is
>>>>> ¿ ( ¿ )
>>>>> and in some languages, it's not used at all.
>>>>> JM
>>>>> At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
>>>>> I agree with regards to a universal contextual help icon. What about a
>>>>> question mark? That seems to be pretty much universal.
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>>>>> The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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>For some reason I had the idea that actual facts >were pertinent and should be articulated but >what does the International Standards >Organization know anyway?
>Terry
>On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 5:25 PM, brian teeman ><<mailto:jooml...@googlemail.com>jooml...@googlemail.com> >wrote:
>I'm not into arguing or pettiness. the fact is >that the red cross is not a global symbol that >would be immediately recognised by everyone in >the world to mean help and assistance which is >the whole point of the original suggestion. I >certainly would not recommend adding a crescent >ot the cross to make a universal symbol - if >nothing else both of those marks are very >protected symbols and can not be abused
>On Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:10:16 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>@Brian,
>I'm afraid your knowledge of Joomla! far exceeds >you understanding of the ICRC. It would have >saved both of us some time if you had simply >researched you reply prior to dismissing my >suggestion.
>The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross >and Red Crescent Movement and the International >Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent >Societies so that is not it's proper name. To >quote Wikipedia "The ICRC is the oldest and most >honored organization within the IRC and one of >the most widely recognized organizations in the >world, having won three Nobel Peace Prizes in >1917, 1944, and 1963."
>I agree you are correct that adding a crescent >might make it more universal but the Red Cross >is a universal international symbol and has been >since the 1950's. The Red Cross is recognized by >all the signers of the Geneva Coventions. See >this page on the site you referenced ><http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P>http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebSign?ReadForm&id=375&ps=P >which is a pretty exhaustive list of the >countries of the world. The Red Cross is >specifically named in article 9.
>So can we agree the cross/crescent symbol would be completely universal?
>Terry Arthur
>On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, brian teeman ><<mailto:jooml...@googlemail.com>jooml...@googlemail.com> >wrote:
>On Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:30:11 UTC+1, terryarthur wrote:
>Unlike question marks or life preservers a Red >Cross has been a universal symbol for help/aid >since 1881.
>Sorry but thats not true the red cross is not a >global symbol for help/aid as can be seen by the >correct official name <http://www.ifrc.org/en/>
>I thought in spanish there was the upside down >one before the question, and the regular one >after?
> I may be mistaken, spanish class was 20 years ago.
>However, you are correct that it is not used in >other languages. Having said that, I still think >it should be recognizable by most people as a >symbol for a question or help.
> This bears thinking upon...
>Sincerely,
>Aaron Wood, Creative Director
>The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
>From: JM Simonet <<mailto:infograf...@gmail.com>infograf...@gmail.com>
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>In Spanish it is
>¿ ( ¿ )
>and in some languages, it's not used at all.
>JM
>At 7:12 -0700 29/04/12, Aaron Wood wrote:
>>I agree with regards to a universal contextual >>help icon. What about a question mark? That >>seems to be pretty much universal.
>Sincerely,
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>The Fresh Ink Group, LLC
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Thanks Paulo... What you and others say about space being cramped makes perfect sense..... I concede my opinion :)
I do like your mention of 'breadcrumbs' and that's brought to mind that perhaps we could have 'site title / page title' breadcrumbs in the header, with the titles formatted as typical breadcrumbs might be?......
I'm still hung up on having a large logo/site title with what looks like another large heading in the page title just floating there next to it......
> TJ... I like you very much, but I have to disagree to you in this point of view... The title going up make's more sense, because, there, is a vacant spot and on small screens, the space where it currently are, will be needed for the buttons. Besides that, the title can be long as well, and I would even suggest to that title work's like a breadcrumb, with links to go back to parents if it is more than one...
> Paulo Griiettner
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:55 AM, TJ Baker <zaridan....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Love the work Kyle, but not liking the page title next to the site title...as presented, at least. Something about it feels clunky, for lack of a better term.
> The page title in the image where it's shown below the site title seems to make good UI sense, as in, this is where the user is, and these items to the right are actions that can be done here.
> Just my tuppence... If that's even worth anything anymore, with inflation, recessions and what not :)
> Keep up the great work! It's awesome and exciting to see!
> On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:14 AM, Kyle Ledbetter <kyle.ledbet...@pixelpraise.com> wrote:
>> Hey JM just wanted to post this pic here in case you didn't see on twitter, I'm moving the page title up to the header where there is more room :)
>> More updates coming
>> -Kyle
>> On Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:57:27 AM UTC-5, infograf768 wrote:
>> Hello Kyle,
>> I guess Elin has rightfully summarized the present situation.
>> We have reached a step where trunk will become 3.0 pre-alpha at the end of May (after the 2.5.5 release).
>> Until I posted on this list, I was only aware of some screenshots you posted in your forum.
>> Getting a full branch to test made the difference.
>> I have tested your branch with 2.5 admin templates and they are in many respects broken. i.e. the changes you brought to core make them incompatible.
>> Therefore, as committing your proposal to Trunk implies a lot of code changes, we do need to test it now fully, for core and for 3pd, including legacy.
>> This is a much heavier task than when it took weeks to re-implement an International Menu which had been "forgotten" when the joomla.org family of sites design was revamped.
>> My thoughts are evidently personal, based on the tests I did with your branch.
>> You should not dismiss them though too fast.
>> CMS maintainers and JBS have spent countless hours to make bluestork usable (and Andy to create accessible Hathor) and we now have some experience to share.
>> Sorry, I don't tweet and I do not think that such an implementation can anyway be discussed or supported or not in a few words.
>> I have added you to my skype contacts and I am ready to explain to you with screenshots where I think are the main culprits + suggesting some improvements.
>> If this is not enough. I am willing to make a full pdf with details.
>> Friendly
>> JM
>>> Hi Kyle,
>>> Cool. Overall CMS related communication takes place on the CMS and JBS lists . So I'm glad you've now made your first (I think ) foray into the world where your work will be scrutinized, pushed in directions you never thought about, and in general given a workout like it never has had. It's really important that the people who will in the end have responsibility for long term maintenance get to know the code. Probably you will want to listen for feed back on the general list too since the admin templates has big implications for the independent developer community and of course anything that touches core outputs. Most important I think is to get something into the feature tracker with a link to your repo so people can try it out and start giving feedback and even patches. Make sure to subscribe to the issue report with the work since that way you will get email with each comment.
>>> There is a great community out there that will do testing in all kinds of settings including every language and every kind of assistive device you can think of.
>>> Of course there are months to go and no one expects that what you have now is ready for prime time, but early feed back is way better than later feed back so let's go for it.
>>> I think we are going to work insanely hard not to disrupt a single 2.5 site that goes to 3.0 but to offer them great new features too. So the sooner we have things to test the sooner we can start coding and testing out things like how do we offer an upgrading user the option to switch templates.
>>> Elin
>>> On Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:14:10 PM UTC-4, Kyle Ledbetter wrote:
>>> Hey JM, sorry for the delayed reply, I was just made aware of this post (how are you btw, been a while :)
>>> To your points, yes it's still very much under construction and lots left to do. So far it's been just me but I've made lots of progress in a short while. My plan is to do a 1st round of updates on everything to get the markup standardized and the new template built, then make rounds (and rounds) of UX improvements, test accessibility, add RTL, etc, etc.
>>> I've been trying to do lots of communication on twitter, skype and in the ux.joomla.org forum, and I've receive overwhelmingly positive feedback from all types of folks, component developers (who are all onboard to update their components and completely standardize them), template developers, and end users. To get a quick pulse check all this feedback https://twitter.com/#!/search/joomla%203.0 < I've never seen unified excitement like that in our community before.
>>> Some of your thoughts seem to be personal opinions about design. I can guarantee you that all aspects of usability and experience will be improved and that the most modern and effect UX design patterns and styles are being applied here.
>>> If you'd like to chat more about any aspect I'm always around and up for it in any of these channels:
>>> http://ux.joomla.org/forum >>> https://twitter.com/#!/kyleledbetter >>> skype: pixelpraise
>>> email: kyle.ledbetter <at> community.joomla.org
>>> Hope all is well on your end and looking forward to working together to deliver this exciting new experience
>>> -Kyle
>>> On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:55:04 AM UTC-5, infograf768 wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>> Obviously it is unfinished and my feedback will not concern the unfinished parts.
>>> (No descriptions displayed during installation, Options toolbar broken, Articles Titles and Category field missing, menu items associations, etc.)
>>> Nevertheless I am concerned about this design generally speaking.
>>> 1. This template's name should be called "Scroller" instead of "Strapped" ( ;-) ), for the need to scroll all over the UI is so important that we immediately feel the urge to recover our good old 1.5 templates where the scrolls there were sometimes important but not systematic.
>>> 2. In the whole admin, the choice to display a menu on left with a fixed width is creating many issues.
>>> Even in English, and at fortiori in other languages, the labels occupy 2 or more lines for some.
>>> This can be seen in the left menu and also in the columns heads of the Managers.
>>> The Manager Titles are unreadable as they are cut, even in English.
>>> 3. No RTL consideration at all for now
>>> 4. I am not a fan either of the black and white icons. Colour is an important bonus for usability.
>>> 5. I welcome some of the Tabs but used systematically for everything == lost of time
>>> I sincerely hope it will be possible to improve/change these issues.
>>> Feedback welcome.
>>> JM
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> TJ... I like you very much, but I have to disagree to you in this point of view... The title going up make's more sense, because, there, is a vacant spot and on small screens, the space where it currently are, will be needed for the buttons. Besides that, the title can be long as well, and I would even suggest to that title work's like a breadcrumb, with links to go back to parents if it is more than one...
> Paulo Griiettner
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:55 AM, TJ Baker <zaridan....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Love the work Kyle, but not liking the page title next to the site title...as presented, at least. Something about it feels clunky, for lack of a better term.
> The page title in the image where it's shown below the site title seems to make good UI sense, as in, this is where the user is, and these items to the right are actions that can be done here.
> Just my tuppence... If that's even worth anything anymore, with inflation, recessions and what not :)
> Keep up the great work! It's awesome and exciting to see!
> On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:14 AM, Kyle Ledbetter <kyle.ledbet...@pixelpraise.com> wrote:
>> Hey JM just wanted to post this pic here in case you didn't see on twitter, I'm moving the page title up to the header where there is more room :)
>> More updates coming
>> -Kyle
>> On Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:57:27 AM UTC-5, infograf768 wrote:
>> Hello Kyle,
>> I guess Elin has rightfully summarized the present situation.
>> We have reached a step where trunk will become 3.0 pre-alpha at the end of May (after the 2.5.5 release).
>> Until I posted on this list, I was only aware of some screenshots you posted in your forum.
>> Getting a full branch to test made the difference.
>> I have tested your branch with 2.5 admin templates and they are in many respects broken. i.e. the changes you brought to core make them incompatible.
>> Therefore, as committing your proposal to Trunk implies a lot of code changes, we do need to test it now fully, for core and for 3pd, including legacy.
>> This is a much heavier task than when it took weeks to re-implement an International Menu which had been "forgotten" when the joomla.org family of sites design was revamped.
>> My thoughts are evidently personal, based on the tests I did with your branch.
>> You should not dismiss them though too fast.
>> CMS maintainers and JBS have spent countless hours to make bluestork usable (and Andy to create accessible Hathor) and we now have some experience to share.
>> Sorry, I don't tweet and I do not think that such an implementation can anyway be discussed or supported or not in a few words.
>> I have added you to my skype contacts and I am ready to explain to you with screenshots where I think are the main culprits + suggesting some improvements.
>> If this is not enough. I am willing to make a full pdf with details.
>> Friendly
>> JM
>>> Hi Kyle,
>>> Cool. Overall CMS related communication takes place on the CMS and JBS lists . So I'm glad you've now made your first (I think ) foray into the world where your work will be scrutinized, pushed in directions you never thought about, and in general given a workout like it never has had. It's really important that the people who will in the end have responsibility for long term maintenance get to know the code. Probably you will want to listen for feed back on the general list too since the admin templates has big implications for the independent developer community and of course anything that touches core outputs. Most important I think is to get something into the feature tracker with a link to your repo so people can try it out and start giving feedback and even patches. Make sure to subscribe to the issue report with the work since that way you will get email with each comment.
>>> There is a great community out there that will do testing in all kinds of settings including every language and every kind of assistive device you can think of.
>>> Of course there are months to go and no one expects that what you have now is ready for prime time, but early feed back is way better than later feed back so let's go for it.
>>> I think we are going to work insanely hard not to disrupt a single 2.5 site that goes to 3.0 but to offer them great new features too. So the sooner we have things to test the sooner we can start coding and testing out things like how do we offer an upgrading user the option to switch templates.
>>> Elin
>>> On Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:14:10 PM UTC-4, Kyle Ledbetter wrote:
>>> Hey JM, sorry for the delayed reply, I was just made aware of this post (how are you btw, been a while :)
>>> To your points, yes it's still very much under construction and lots left to do. So far it's been just me but I've made lots of progress in a short while. My plan is to do a 1st round of updates on everything to get the markup standardized and the new template built, then make rounds (and rounds) of UX improvements, test accessibility, add RTL, etc, etc.
>>> I've been trying to do lots of communication on twitter, skype and in the ux.joomla.org forum, and I've receive overwhelmingly positive feedback from all types of folks, component developers (who are all onboard to update their components and completely standardize them), template developers, and end users. To get a quick pulse check all this feedback https://twitter.com/#!/search/joomla%203.0 < I've never seen unified excitement like that in our community before.
>>> Some of your thoughts seem to be personal opinions about design. I can guarantee you that all aspects of usability and experience will be improved and that the most modern and effect UX design patterns and styles are being applied here.
>>> If you'd like to chat more about any aspect I'm always around and up for it in any of these channels:
>>> http://ux.joomla.org/forum >>> https://twitter.com/#!/kyleledbetter >>> skype: pixelpraise
>>> email: kyle.ledbetter <at> community.joomla.org
>>> Hope all is well on your end and looking forward to working together to deliver this exciting new experience
>>> -Kyle
>>> On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:55:04 AM UTC-5, infograf768 wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>> Obviously it is unfinished and my feedback will not concern the unfinished parts.
>>> (No descriptions displayed during installation, Options toolbar broken, Articles Titles and Category field missing, menu items associations, etc.)
>>> Nevertheless I am concerned about this design generally speaking.
>>> 1. This template's name should be called "Scroller" instead of "Strapped" ( ;-) ), for the need to scroll all over the UI is so important that we immediately feel the urge to recover our good old 1.5 templates where the scrolls there were sometimes important but not systematic.
>>> 2. In the whole admin, the choice to display a menu on left with a fixed width is creating many issues.
>>> Even in English, and at fortiori in other languages, the labels occupy 2 or more lines for some.
>>> This can be seen in the left menu and also in the columns heads of the Managers.
>>> The Manager Titles are unreadable as they are cut, even in English.
>>> 3. No RTL consideration at all for now
>>> 4. I am not a fan either of the black and white icons. Colour is an important bonus for usability.
>>> 5. I welcome some of the Tabs but used systematically for everything == lost of time
>>> I sincerely hope it will be possible to improve/change these issues.
>>> Feedback welcome.
>>> JM
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I agree with JM, the life-saver icon depicts "help" in the non-medical
sense of the word, more so than the Red Cross, in my region, at least, the
Red Cross is primarily used by Medical groups, meaning "Medical Aid" I
don't think it would directly convey the type of "Help" or "assistance"
that we would be conveying to users.
On 30 April 2012 15:54, TJ Baker <zaridan....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 28, 2012, at 10:13 PM, Paulo Griiettner <griiett...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> TJ... I like you very much, but I have to disagree to you in this point of
> view... The title going up make's more sense, because, there, is a vacant
> spot and on small screens, the space where it currently are, will be needed
> for the buttons. Besides that, the title can be long as well, and I would
> even suggest to that title work's like a breadcrumb, with links to go back
> to parents if it is more than one...
> Paulo Griiettner
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:55 AM, TJ Baker <zaridan....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Love the work Kyle, but not liking the page title next to the site
>> title...as presented, at least. Something about it feels clunky, for lack
>> of a better term.
>> The page title in the image where it's shown below the site title seems
>> to make good UI sense, as in, this is where the user is, and these items to
>> the right are actions that can be done here.
>> Just my tuppence... If that's even worth anything anymore, with
>> inflation, recessions and what not :)
>> Keep up the great work! It's awesome and exciting to see!
>> On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:14 AM, Kyle Ledbetter <
>> kyle.ledbet...@pixelpraise.com> wrote:
>> Hey JM just wanted to post this pic here in case you didn't see on
>> twitter, I'm moving the page title up to the header where there is more
>> room :)
>> On Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:57:27 AM UTC-5, infograf768 wrote:
>>> Hello Kyle,
>>> I guess Elin has rightfully summarized the present situation.
>>> We have reached a step where trunk will become 3.0 pre-alpha at the end
>>> of May (after the 2.5.5 release).
>>> Until I posted on this list, I was only aware of some screenshots you
>>> posted in your forum.
>>> Getting a full branch to test made the difference.
>>> I have tested your branch with 2.5 admin templates and they are in many
>>> respects broken. i.e. the changes you brought to core make them
>>> incompatible.
>>> Therefore, as committing your proposal to Trunk implies a lot of code
>>> changes, we do need to test it now fully, for core and for 3pd, including
>>> legacy.
>>> This is a much heavier task than when it took weeks to re-implement an
>>> International Menu which had been "forgotten" when the joomla.orgfamily of sites design was revamped.
>>> My thoughts are evidently personal, based on the tests I did with your
>>> branch.
>>> You should not dismiss them though too fast.
>>> CMS maintainers and JBS have spent countless hours to make bluestork
>>> usable (and Andy to create accessible Hathor) and we now have some
>>> experience to share.
>>> Sorry, I don't tweet and I do not think that such an implementation can
>>> anyway be discussed or supported or not in a few words.
>>> I have added you to my skype contacts and I am ready to explain to you
>>> with screenshots where I think are the main culprits + suggesting some
>>> improvements.
>>> If this is not enough. I am willing to make a full pdf with details.
>>> Friendly
>>> JM
>>> Hi Kyle,
>>> Cool. Overall CMS related communication takes place on the CMS and JBS
>>> lists . So I'm glad you've now made your first (I think ) foray into the
>>> world where your work will be scrutinized, pushed in directions you never
>>> thought about, and in general given a workout like it never has had. It's
>>> really important that the people who will in the end have responsibility
>>> for long term maintenance get to know the code. Probably you will want to
>>> listen for feed back on the general list too since the admin templates has
>>> big implications for the independent developer community and of course
>>> anything that touches core outputs. Most important I think is to get
>>> something into the feature tracker with a link to your repo so people can
>>> try it out and start giving feedback and even patches. Make sure to
>>> subscribe to the issue report with the work since that way you will get
>>> email with each comment.
>>> There is a great community out there that will do testing in all kinds
>>> of settings including every language and every kind of assistive device you
>>> can think of.
>>> Of course there are months to go and no one expects that what you have
>>> now is ready for prime time, but early feed back is way better than later
>>> feed back so let's go for it.
>>> I think we are going to work insanely hard not to disrupt a single 2.5
>>> site that goes to 3.0 but to offer them great new features too. So the
>>> sooner we have things to test the sooner we can start coding and testing
>>> out things like how do we offer an upgrading user the option to switch
>>> templates.
>>> Elin
>>> On Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:14:10 PM UTC-4, Kyle Ledbetter wrote:
>>> Hey JM, sorry for the delayed reply, I was just made aware of this post
>>> (how are you btw, been a while :)
>>> To your points, yes it's still very much under construction and lots
>>> left to do. So far it's been just me but I've made lots of progress in a
>>> short while. My plan is to do a 1st round of updates on everything to get
>>> the markup standardized and the new template built, then make rounds (and
>>> rounds) of UX improvements, test accessibility, add RTL, etc, etc.
>>> I've been trying to do lots of communication on twitter, skype and in
>>> the ux.joomla.org forum, and I've receive overwhelmingly positive **feedback
>>> from all types of folks, component developers (who are all onboard to
>>> update their components and completely standardize them), template
>>> developers, and end users. To get a quick pulse check all this feedback
>>> https://twitter.com/#**!/search/joomla%203.0<https://twitter.com/#!/search/joomla%203.0>< I've never seen unified excitement like that in our community before.
>>> Some of your thoughts seem to be personal opinions about design. I can
>>> guarantee you that all aspects of usability and experience will be improved
>>> and that the most modern and effect UX design patterns and styles are being
>>> applied here.
>>> If you'd like to chat more about any aspect I'm always around and up for
>>> it in any of these channels:
>>> Obviously it is unfinished and my feedback will not concern the
>>> unfinished parts.
>>> (No descriptions displayed during installation, Options toolbar broken,
>>> Articles Titles and Category field missing, menu items associations, etc.)
>>> Nevertheless I am concerned about this design generally speaking.
>>> 1. This template's name should be called "Scroller" instead of
>>> "Strapped" ( ;-) ), for the need to scroll all over the UI is so
>>> important that we immediately feel the urge to recover our good old 1.5
>>> templates where the scrolls there were sometimes important but not
>>> systematic.
>>> 2. In the whole admin, the choice to display a menu on left with a fixed
>>> width is creating many issues.
>>> Even in English, and* at fortiori* in other languages, the labels
>>> occupy 2 or more lines for some.
>>> This can be seen in the left menu and also in the columns heads of the
>>> Managers.
>>> The Manager Titles are unreadable as they are cut, even in English.
>>> 3. No RTL consideration at all for now
>>> 4. I am not a fan either of the black and white icons. Colour is an
>>> important bonus for usability.
>>> 5. I welcome some of the Tabs but used systematically for everything ==
>>> lost of time
>>> I sincerely hope it will be possible to improve/change these issues.
>>> Feedback welcome.
>>> JM
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