Björn, I won't be addressing the comments one-by-one, as it mostly boils down to "I don't like the UI/UX" (how I read it, at least). And I absolutely understand and accept that. On the other hand, we (as in the people who developed this) are, well, developers, and that about sums up the UX optimizations :) The current state makes sense for us, but we are very open to pull requests and improvements. Or, if you don't feel like diving into JavaScript, you can put together a feature request that will, in detail, document the UI changes you'd like to see, the different icon choice you made, and explain why you believe those are more "universally understood" or better. I'm not promising everything will be accepted, but once again, I know for a fact the UI could be better. Thanks for taking the time to sum up your thoughts, we are looking forward to seeing less "this sucks" and more "here's how I'd fix it, though"! J. On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 6:22 PM Björn Persson <Bjorn@rombobjörn.se> wrote: > > Fabio Valentini wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 11:43 AM Artur Frenszek-Iwicki > > <suve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I'll forget the meaning and the numbers will go back to being visual clutter. It would be immensely helpful > > > to have some symbolic icons next to the numbers, which would allow to easily guess what each of them means. > > > > Sounds like you need to clear your browser cache or something, because > > there *are* symbols next to these numbers: > > https://decathorpe.fedorapeople.org/packager-dashboard.png > > I too can see the icons when I allow fontawesome.com, but few of them > help with understanding the numbers. The beetle for "bugs" and the > speech bubble for "comments" are pretty obvious, but I still have to > point to all the others to find out what they mean, and even then many > of them seem completely random. How does a lightning bolt symbolize > updates? What's the connection between a shield and priority? A > triangle, a circle and a square combine into "overrides"? There are two > different line chart icons. How does one remember which is which? And a > seatbelt apparently means "orphans" somehow. > > I assume that "PRs" stands for "pull requests". The icon for that is > the word "git". That's better than a random unrelated picture, but if a > picture is just text, then it should be actual text and not a picture. > It's also somewhat inaccurate because pull requests aren't a Git thing > but a concept that some web interfaces layer on top of Git. > > Rather than hiding the intelligible words in mouseover boxes, it would > be better to write them directly on the screen instead of the icons. If > there is some idea that the icons should be language-independent, then > the beetle also fails. Software defects are not called insects in all > languages. > > > > Similarly, at the top of the page, I get a banner that informs me about FAS integration and says: > > > > After linking the dashboard with your FAS through the settings menu... > > > Which is all nice and dandy, but doing a Ctrl+F on the page for "settings" gives exactly one match - > > > that being the text in the banner. So there's no visible link to said "settings menu" anywhere. > > > How do I access it? > > > > The big "gear" icon (the almost universal symbol for "Settings") in > > the top panel should be what you're looking for. > > The gear is called "Options", and beside it is an icon called > "Customize dashboard". "Settings" could refer to either of those. It > would be nice to have consistent terminology, but hey, we can always > click on everything and explore. > > The gear icon is also misleading. It alludes to machinery in motion, so > it suggests a menu of commands to do things, rather than options or > settings. There is a wrench icon that would be a good symbol for > settings, but that apparently means Koschei. > > Björn Persson > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
