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Bug 70760 - UI for managing conversation subscriptions
Summary: UI for managing conversation subscriptions
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: obsolete
Classification: Unclassified
Component: collab (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All Windows XP
: P4 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@obsolete
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-12-23 04:38 UTC by nikos_kyprianou
Modified: 2009-06-02 14:56 UTC (History)
0 users

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
Exception Reporter:


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Proposed UI (21.40 KB, image/png)
2005-12-23 04:39 UTC, nikos_kyprianou
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Description nikos_kyprianou 2005-12-23 04:38:33 UTC
'Select Conversation' and 'Subscribe To Public Conversation' need usability
improvements.

My issues with the current UI is the use of two dialogs as well as using
multiple selection in 'Select Conversation'

First issue is mostly because I prefer a management tool as opposed to a tool
which allows you to add certain elements.

The second is because selecting multiple entries using a modifier key is
error-prone, especially with large lists.

I am attaching a proposed alternative for managing subscriptions for conversations.

I believed that the ui I propose provides the same (if not more functionality)
as the existing ui. I still have reservations whether the workflow of the
proposed ui would be intuitive to the users.

I provide a brief description in case the situation is not self-explanatory.

Left pane contains a tree of subsriptions. The user can select conversations and
unsubscribe from them. When this occurs they are added to the 'Pending
unsubsription' node. The user can reset the current changes. A context menu on
the tree leafs allows more control over the reset operation.

Right pane is split into two panels. The top panel provides a filter feature
(equivalent to existing 'Find'). It is enabled by default. If disabled 'Search'
acts like 'Select conversation'.

Whether or not a filter is applied, the search results are shown in the bottom
panel. The user can check which conversations they want to subscribe to. If the
'Subscribe' button is selected, the selected conversations are added to the
'Pending subscription' tree node.
Comment 1 nikos_kyprianou 2005-12-23 04:39:01 UTC
Created attachment 28047 [details]
Proposed UI
Comment 2 Antonin Nebuzelsky 2009-06-02 14:56:03 UTC
Reassigning to issues@collab. Collab Support plugin is not actively maintained.

Obsoleted in 6.7 by the newly introduced integration with Project Kenai, a
collaborative environment for developers to host their open-source projects,
which includes also a chat service.