[ckan-dev] Changelog box hidden behind resource details

[Tom Rees]

Try again... maybe somebody was rebooting Apache. Works fine for me.

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 30 March 2012 19:54, Tom Rees <zephod at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I've done another sweep of this UI -- converting much of it to use
>> Bootstrap's JS code and layout framework; getting it to display
>> consistently in different browsers. I've flattened the form into the page
>> and I think it looks rather nice. You can check it out on test.ckan.net:-)
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>
> this link seems to be down :(   bad gateway
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>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>
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>>> On 28 March 2012 19:10, Tom Rees <zephod at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> The procedure is for me to keep tweaking it until the level of
>>>> complaints falls below a certain threshold :-)
>>>>
>>>> We try to avoid design-by-committee and generally I take these kinds of
>>>> UX decisions (and for the most part they are simply accepted) but I'm happy
>>>> to try something else here.
>>>>
>>>
>>> consistency of design is a good thing - I'm not sure how best to achieve
>>> this
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure what you mean about "it does delete" -- it doesn't,
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you create a dataset and then add a resource by adding a link and
>>> pressing add then click the x and go somewhere else the resource is not
>>> saved.  As I clicked save and then x, logically the x deleted it (the fact
>>> that save didn't save doesn't mater) - not sure what happens if you add the
>>> resource when creating the dataset
>>>
>>>
>>>> its a button to close the form, it's meant to look like the
>>>> close-window button on your OS
>>>>
>>>
>>> my OS has no close buttons - but should we be looking like we are a
>>> window in the os? we are part of a web page
>>>
>>>
>>>> -- but clearly the floating form isn't working. I'm considering
>>>> switching to a modal dialog or flattening the form into the page,
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'd prefer the as part of the form as this in my mind is clearer
>>>
>>> Toby
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> perhaps with some animation to make the opening/closing really crystal
>>>> clear.
>>>>
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 28 March 2012 09:26, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 27 March 2012 17:02, Tom Rees <zephod at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> > The box does have an X in the top right corner you can use to close
>>>>>> it...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Minimize style button rather than X (which I too though meant delete!)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It does delete it so the x is correct in that sense (the page does
>>>>> complain about not being saved but that just adds to the confusion),
>>>>>
>>>>> how do we make these user interface decisions? is this the sort of
>>>>> thing sam will be looking at?
>>>>>
>>>>> Toby
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rufus
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Mark Wainwright <
>>>>>> mark.wainwright at okfn.org>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> On the 'add/edit resource' page, the box for the changelog reason
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> >> hidden behind the drop-down gizmo for the resource that's
>>>>>> being/been
>>>>>> >> edited. Screenshot attached. Of course, you can click 'new
>>>>>> resource'
>>>>>> >> and then put your text in the box, but it would be better not to
>>>>>> hide
>>>>>> >> it in the first place. (Also, clicking 'new resource' might lead
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> >> nervous to fear that their changes to the old resource were being
>>>>>> >> discarded.)
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Mark
>>>>>> >>
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