Re: [orion-dev] UX Concepts for discussion

[Susan Franklin McCourt <susan_franklin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

re: breadcrumb

Git Log:
I was surprised the first time git log scoped my log when I clicked on the breadcrumb. Then I got used to it. But the only time I regularly use it is if I'm looking at file level changes and then want to get back up the project level. One could argue that scoping to the project could be a related page or even command in the toolbar.

Search:
The search scoping followed suit, and has the added complexity that there are different places to go up (breadcrumb) and down (in the column).

Repo Page:
The Repositories page uses it to map out conceptual states Repositories>>myrepository>>branches. This surprised me when I first noticed it, because it's the only indicator that there are these conceptual states. I had previously been using browser history to go back from, say, "all branches" to the summary view.

McQ and I have talked about this a little bit and didn't really get to a conclusion, except to say:
- is it so important to get to the navigator from anywhere else that a dedicated breadcrumb would do *only* that?
- there is no affordance currently to tell you what will happen, so if it is going to behave differently, there should be some affordance explaining what it will do (either in the separators or with prefixes or....)
- should the breadcrumb let you change its meaning on the fly? (please do a search from this segment)

It's probably important to first sort out the "editor and navigation" issue, because if you could have a nav on the left hand side of the editor, or quickly pop up a navigator from any page to go somewhere else, would you still want that breadcrumb to always take you to the navigator. What do you do when you get there?

susan

John J Barton ---05/03/2012 09:54:41 AM---On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Susan Franklin McCourt < susan_franklin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: John J Barton <johnjbarton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Orion developer discussions <orion-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 05/03/2012 09:54 AM
Subject: Re: [orion-dev] UX Concepts for discussion
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On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Susan Franklin McCourt <susan_franklin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thought I'd rename the thread so our replies to Anton's request stood out from the pre-meeting discussion...

The two themes that I would like to see us discuss sooner than later:
1) editor and navigation
2) what does the breadcrumb mean? (this one wasn't on the mind map,but came up in the email. To some folks, it is "the thing that takes you to the navigator" and so it could be seen as part of theme #1. To other folks, it's a "scoper" on the current page. I think we need to come to grips with what it means, how people use it

I regularly curse the search page because the breadcrumb searches when I expect it will navigate.  I guess it could be priming from Navigator but when I see a directory path I think "file system" not "scope for current context".

jjb

The mind map is very cool...!....
one suggestion is that if there were an accompanying text list, I could Ctrl+F on the wiki page to see that something is on the map. I had to read it pretty carefully to figure out if "breadcrumb" was mentioned.

susan
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