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Improving the UI for Views 2?

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Submitted by SteveJB on Wed, 2008-01-23 18:35

(Former and very short lived) Thread For Improving The Views 2 UI

Edit Edit: Latest Thread for Views 2 UI is on: http://groups.drupal.org/node/8429
Edit: The usability groups is now linked to a pre-existing thread at: http://groups.drupal.org/node/6288 so that we can contribute to the discussion there.
A Big Thank You to Yoroy

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From Morphir:

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SteveJB - Wed, 2008-01-23 19:32

From Morphir:
Posted on: http://groups.drupal.org/node/8365#comment-25697

Now, I got a solution to views layout. The process could be made in steps.

Step 1 - short information | Step 2 - short information | Step 3 - short information

short information == 2-5 words

this way, the user can see in what level of the process he finds him self in. And he will experience a satisfactory feeling when achieving it.. (reference Ben Shneiderman)

The options that should be available during the creation of a view should only be those who are a necessity to creating a basic view. All other bells and whistles (which is a lot) should be placed in a field set called 'expert options' ..or something in that direction.

References: http://www.couzinhub.com/Views2-UI/views2-7.pdf

Views 2 Dev

Edit: Reference to a thread on Views 2 in the Design and Information Architects group http://groups.drupal.org/node/6288


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Michelle - Wed, 2008-01-23 19:18

There's already a thread for this... http://groups.drupal.org/node/6288

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I was just about to link to

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SteveJB - Wed, 2008-01-23 19:37

I was just about to link to that on the post above... I didn't want to spread the usability group too thin, we're already working on improving the UI for admin themes, node forms and probably much more...

Since the usability group has mentioned a way to improve the UI in one of the threads (http://groups.drupal.org/node/8365) so as to keep that thread more relevant to its topic, a new article for 'Views 2 UI' has been created to keep comments on the thread for node add/edit on topic without losing out on the opportunity to comment on the initial post about Views 2 UI.


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Huh?

Michelle - Wed, 2008-01-23 19:44

Sorry but I can't follow that. The post I linked to is all about improving the views UI. How is starting a new post in this group to do the same thing going to avoid spreading the usability group too thin and keep the node add/edit thread on topic?

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The link has been added on

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SteveJB - Wed, 2008-01-23 19:55

The link has been added on http://groups.drupal.org/node/8400#comment-25699

References: http://www.couzinhub.com/Views2-UI/views2-7.pdf

Views 2 Dev

Edit: Reference to a thread on Views 2 in the Design and Information Architects group http://groups.drupal.org/node/6288


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please add to the original thread

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yoroy - Wed, 2008-01-23 19:59

http://groups.drupal.org/node/6288

That's where all the action is, starting this particular thread again is rather pointless imho, whether it was originally posted in another group or not. Actually, let me see if I can change that :)

Edit: yep, added usability to the audience of this post.


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Thanks yoroy!!!!

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SteveJB - Wed, 2008-01-23 20:20

Thats perfect!


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Newest thread for discussing

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SteveJB - Fri, 2008-01-25 06:46

Newest thread for discussing the Views 2 UI: http://groups.drupal.org/node/8429


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