[opencms-dev] consistent user interface for OpenCms

[Joe Desbonnet]

UI suggestion: when an icon or menu item is unavailable ("grayed
out"), give an explanation as to why it is not available ("locked",
"insufficient privilege", etc).

This could be by way of a "title" tag in the icon image which is
implemeted as a "tool tip" in many browsers.

Joe.

On 11/30/05, Kai Schliemann <k.schliemann at comundus.com> wrote:
>
> Hi list, hi Alkacon,
>
> as we work with OpenCms for quite a while now, we experienced every now and
> then slightly inconsistencies in the user interface.
> For example OpenCms uses 3 different "delete"-icons. Two different even in
> one dialog (Account management --> User Management). The same icon in two
> colours.
> The third one is in the database export dialog.
>
> OpenCms's usability improved a lot in version 6 but could be better.
> Therefore we are right now working on a concept for a consistent
> look-and-feel of OpenCms.
>
> We would like to contribute this concept and of course the implementation to
> the community, respectively to the OpenCms core.
>
> We invite everybody to help us, to improve OpenCms in this matter and to
> send suggestions for improvement to the mailing list.
>
> If you guys from Alkacon (or anyone else) already have plans to work on this
> matter we are willingly ready to help. Just let us know. If not, please tell
> us, how we can contribute.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Kai Schliemann
>
>
>
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