[Cosmo] UI/Design Issues for Cosmo

[Priscilla Chung]

Here are some current UI/Design issues for Cosmo:
(Note: Most items on this list a is probably not going to make the  
next release, but we will work through some solutions for the  
upcoming 0.3 release)

http://cosmo-test.osafoundation.org:8080/cosmo/
ID: root
PW: cosmo

+ Need a confirm on deleting users.
   * javascript dialogue box, 'do you really want to remove this  
person?' or need to come up with a message if people are using a  
terminal

+ 'About' links should open to a new window, not replace the console.
    * If you're going to open a new window, open a new window.
    *Is there a browser issues with this request? For people  
accessing the UI purely through terminal, is it possible to have a  
warning message that tells the user you are about to delete a user,  
such as, "Are you sure you want to delete this person? (Y/N)

+ Language used in creating passwords need to be more clear when  
creating new user.
    * I think there's a bug when the error appears
    * Does it check for a valid email address–future release?
    * 'Your password must be x characters long and include blah.'
    * Feedback for required fields?
    * Do we want more error checking feedback?
    * For regular users creating an account: Do we want to tell  
people that they need to enter home/username into the path field of  
their accounts dialog in Chandler in order for sharing to work? (ie.  
copy and paste this text into the path field of your accounts dialog)

+ Welcome message when you first log in.
    *Do you need the 'Welcome' message? Why not just go to 'Users'  
console when you first log in, have the 'Welcome' message at the top.  
Then after clicking around, eliminate the 'Welcome' message when you  
click back to the 'Users' console page?
Eliminate the page when clicking on the logo, and send it back to the  
first page you seen when you're logged in.
     * There's a link that doesn't link? 'Welcome to the Cosmo  
sharing server installed at cosmo-test.osafoundation.org!'  didn't  
they just install it? Why do you need to have them link back?
    * What about linking to the Cosmo landing page instead??

+ Non Administrator
    * State 'no' in the Admin field?
    * Should we provide more visual feedback for the root user? just  
to indicate that it's different (ie. can't delete it and doesn't have  
a home directory). I'm wondering if it belongs in that table at all.
    * Perhaps the a different background color for Non Administrator

+ Navigation
    * Consistent breadcrumb trail. Either 'HomeDirectories' is in the  
bold or add to the bread-crumb trial.
    * I think there were also some problems with the "selection  
state" of users/home directories/server status. (I think only Users  
worked). Will there there be subdirectories ie. HomeDirectories?
    * It's especially confusing when navigating to Home  
Directories...because the top-level Home Directories page looks  
exactly like

+ Ticket & Properties
    * Home Directory pages for each User account...So one question  
is: Are Tickets and Properties children of each account? OR Do they  
exist independently of each account? And if so, what does that mean?
    * Actually should Tickets and Properties be attached to a  
particular sub-directory/collection of content?
    * We can also maybe tweak the spacing between the Contents/ 
Tickets and Properties...so that the titles are more clearly  
associated with the tables below.

+ Should New Ticket can be in the body of the table, as the first row?
    * Can you create new Properties? And new Content directories as  
well?
    * Perhaps there should be a [new] link in the far right to the  
heading 'Tickets'. – Creating new ticket should be in a new dialogue  
box.

+ Log in User Name & Password should be consistent for all applications.
   * Scooby currently is ID: root and PW: password
   * Cosmo currently is ID: root and PW: cosmo
   * Let's just keep things consistent and keep a professional front

Future Release

+ May want to have the 'Create New User' on a separate pane.
    *As the list may become longer,  you don't want the admin to  
scroll down below the list of current users just to add a new user.
    * Perhaps an expandable box at the top? Or a dialogue box. Let's  
revisit this issue for a later release.

+ Creating new user
    * Need to check for valid email address

+ Is Home Directories a file like system?
    * We may want to reformat the directory browser to behave either  
like an OS  file manager – or at least be similar to an apache  
directory listing, if its hierarchal in nature. I also do not know  
what use the directory browser has, but this may more have to do with  
understanding the purpose of tickets and properties.




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