Last modified: 2012-09-27 01:11:09 UTC
We have enough problems with newcomers not finding the 'new section' link without hiding it from view in a submenu. The link should always be visible to the user.
Indeed. I had trouble enough finding the "new section" link myself, not to mention it has been changed "new topic". I am also not a fan of using "view history" rather than "history", the tabs are big enough as it is. That means, on low resolution screens, these tabs will overlap. But I guess this issue should be for another bug.
(In reply to comment #1) > I am also not a fan of using "view > history" rather than "history", the tabs are big enough as it is. That means, > on low resolution screens, these tabs will overlap. I'm assuming this was the reason some of the tabs were moved to a submenu. Personally I prefer the smaller tabs, but if usability studies have shown they should be larger, that's fine. Hiding things that aren't used often like 'move', 'delete', 'protect' and so forth is a good idea, but only administrators really have enough tabs for the benefit to be noticeable, and I do think hiding 'hew section' is a step backwards w.r.t usability.
(In reply to comment #2) > (In reply to comment #1) > > I am also not a fan of using "view > > history" rather than "history", the tabs are big enough as it is. That means, > > on low resolution screens, these tabs will overlap. > > I'm assuming this was the reason some of the tabs were moved to a submenu. > Personally I prefer the smaller tabs, but if usability studies have shown they > should be larger, that's fine. Hiding things that aren't used often like > 'move', 'delete', 'protect' and so forth is a good idea, but only > administrators really have enough tabs for the benefit to be noticeable, and I > do think hiding 'hew section' is a step backwards w.r.t usability. > I am not against the submenu per say, it is just that, even with the few amount of tabs, it can on low resolutions (obviously, we are talking very low (e.g. 800x600)) clutter up. Which... doesn't look nice. I realise "view history" makes more sense than just "history", but if you really want people to stop confusing it with history related to the subject at hand, I'd recommend "revisions" instead. As far as 'new section' goes, it should be outside of the menu, as the menu is (or should be) primarily for administrative tasks.
> As far as 'new section' goes, it should be outside of the menu, as the menu is > (or should be) primarily for administrative tasks. I wouldn't class 'watch' as an administrative task, but otherwise I agree.
Done by Trevor in r54764
