Developers of Sympa

["address@concealed" <address@concealed>]

Hello developpers,

I had absolutely no feedback about the design proposal I made to
simplify browsing existing lists. What are you're feelings? Can't see
the benefits? Total crap? Patches welcome? What else?

Cheers,
--
Mathieu

Le 07/04/2016 à 18:47, address@concealed a écrit :
> Hi folks,
> 
> I added a feature request for this on sourcesup[1]. Any feedback?
> 
> --
> Mathieu
> 
> [1]:
> https://sourcesup.renater.fr/tracker/?func=detail&group_id=23&aid=10486&atid=170
> 
> Le 20/02/2016 19:35, address@concealed a écrit :
>> Hi developpers,
>>
>> Here is a brief review of how to find existing lists in sympa. I think
>> it is not that easy for whom doesn't know precisely what she is looking
>> for. Please find below issues and proposal to solve them.
>>
>> Issues
>> ------
>>
>> To find a list, there are currently different approches offered by the
>> web interface. User has to make her choice between multiple (sometimes
>> redundant, sometimes different) items:
>> - use the search field on the home page
>> - use the categories list on the home page
>> - use the index entry in the menu bar
>> - use the search entry in the menu bar
>>
>> The categories workflow doesn't work:
>> - when creating a list, the user has no choice but select "other" when
>> the list doesn't match one of the few allowed topics (which is 
>> frustrating!)
>> - all topics are given to the user to browse, even when no list exists
>> (which is very frustrating!)
>>
>> The list index has some caveats too:
>> - all the lists are shawn on the same single page
>> - that page can take some time to load in case there are a lot of lists
>> - always the same list are shown at the top, while the user may want to
>> discover some new stuff from time to time
>>
>> Proposal
>> --------
>>
>> Group index, search and filter features on a single page, so that user
>> doesn't have to worry where to go to find what she is looking for.
>> Provide user with useful sorting methods. Avoid overloading the index by
>> limiting the number of items by page.
>>
>> You'll find experimental wires[0] on my git repository[1].
>>
>> [0]:
>> https://git.framasoft.org/mjourdan/sympa-design/raw/d9781bafd96fafb3b10b5b4a390688c3af72175c/search-wires.png
>> [1]: https://git.framasoft.org/mjourdan/sympa-design/
>>
>> Would be happy to read your thoughts.
>>
>> --
>> Mathieu
>>
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