From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthias Fischer To: development@lists.ipfire.org Subject: Re: Backup: Rework and altering of functionalities and GUI for better usability Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:58:08 +0200 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <6D6BDB01-F0D1-4CC0-9CE0-077458F7AA2B@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2941993539243379348==" List-Id: --===============2941993539243379348== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On 14.04.2021 22:48, Jon Murphy wrote: >=20 > What ever happen with the backup / restore icons? Did this get resolved an= d approved? I'm working on this in my spare time. E.g.: icons, 'onclick' and tables (as Michael mentioned in another posting) Sadly, I've not much time left these days... But I'm at it. Best, Matthias >=20 > Jon >=20 >=20 >> On Mar 23, 2021, at 4:10 AM, Adolf Belka wrote: >>=20 >> Hi All, >>=20 >> On 22/03/2021 20:58, Jon Murphy wrote: >>> The current icons are very confusing! Bigger and less confusing icons wo= uld be great! >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>> On Mar 22, 2021, at 2:51 PM, Tom Rymes > wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> On the flip side, I have always found the icons to be confusing. Which i= s delete, which is download? Hovering if the mouse, etc ensues. If they were = bigger it might be less confusing, but words are always clear. >>>>=20 >> I never really had a problem with the meaning of the icons. If I forgot I = just put the mouse over the icon and it told me what it was. >>=20 >> With text then you need to make sure the text is clear in all languages an= d then the buttons need to be big enough to hold the complete text. If the bu= ttons are too small then the text becomes too small and that can be a problem= for people who have poor eyesight and there are Community members who have t= o deal with that. >>=20 >>>>> On Mar 22, 2021, at 2:56 PM, Jon Murphy > wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>> =EF=BB=BF For what it is worth, I=E2=80=99d rather see icons and not th= e buttons. It is a much cleaner look. Just my opinion. >>>>>=20 >>>>> The icons already available on the IPFire box look better to me: >>>>> |/srv/web/ipfire/html/images/delete.gif| >>>>> |/srv/web/ipfire/html/images/go-bottom.png| >>>>> |/srv/web/ipfire/html/images/floppy.gif| >>>>>=20 >>>>>> On Mar 21, 2021, at 1:25 PM, Matthias Fischer > wrote: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Based on https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D12588 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> in the meantime I worked on this - a bit. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> I've made several changes and adjustments which could be implemented o= ne >>>>>> by one - if they are wanted/accepted: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> - Changed icons to buttons =3D> better readability. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> - For buttons to work, I added two lang strings for button labeling. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> - Cleaned up the code a bit, some if-queries were unnessecary (if >>>>>> ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq...). >>>>>>=20 >> Always good to clean up the code. >>>>>> - Changed the order of the (Addon-)buttons to "Download - Save - Delet= e" >>>>>> (old: Download was in the middle). >>>>>>=20 >> The benefit of the old system was that the order of the buttons for the ba= ckups and addons was the same with addons just having the "Backup" button add= ed to the right. >>>>>> - Marked IPF-files bold =3D> better readability (I already sent this in >>>>>> one day: =3D> https://patchwork.ipfire.org/patch/3124/ ). >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> - Added query for deleting a backup file (onclick=3D\"return confirm..= .). >>>>>>=20 >> This I think is very important. If you hover the mouse over the Delete but= ton and then accidentally press the button then the file is gone. >>>>>> Details in the attached screenshot. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Proposed ToDo - as a start: Alter the info text for restoring to make >>>>>> clear that only the addon *configs* are restored, not the addons thems= elves. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Thoughts? Opinions? >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Matthias >>>>>> >>>>>=20 >>>=20 >=20 --===============2941993539243379348==--