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Dear OpenStack community,<br>
<br>
each week we are going to highlight some interesting and important
UX topics here on the mailing list (though I will be referencing a
lot to the Askbot tool, which we use for discussions).<br>
<br>
At the moment, we are asking for attention for <b>Horizon's
navigation redesign</b>:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com/question/2/openstack-dashboard-navigation-redesign/">http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com/question/2/openstack-dashboard-navigation-redesign/</a><br>
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Some time before summit we started to invest time into navigation
enhancements. There started horizontal proposal [0] and based on
some feedback, we tried to provide vertical solution [1] as well. At
summit there was super interesting discussion about interaction in
both approaches. At the end of session, we had a voting which ended
in favor of vertical navigation (won in ratio about 6:4). There were
strong arguments for vertical as well as for horizontal approach.<br>
<br>
Lately, there were some voices that voting was based on limited
audience, so I'd like to bring this issue up here. We don't want to
be blocked forever, choosing 'perfect' solution. We will try to
deliver solution so that people can easily switch from vertical to
horizontal (or vice versa) just by skinning anyway. So for the
moment we want to find preferred way for OpenStack upstream, which
we will be enhancing in time. What is important to take into account
is to keep on mind latest IA [2], which is still in progress, but we
have pretty good picture which direction we are going.<br>
<br>
Whoever is interested in navigation topic or has some preferences
one way or another, we are looking forward to hearing from you here
or in the Askbot thread.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
-- Jarda<br>
<br>
--- Jaromir Coufal (jcoufal)<br>
--- OpenStack User Experience<br>
--- IRC: #openstack-ux (at FreeNode)<br>
--- Forum: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com">http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com</a><br>
--- Wiki: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/UX">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/UX</a><br>
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[0] Horizontal:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.redhat.com/~lsurette/OpenStack/Navigation%20Enhancement%20Proposal_v3.0.pdf">http://people.redhat.com/~lsurette/OpenStack/Navigation%20Enhancement%20Proposal_v3.0.pdf</a><br>
[1] Vertical:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.redhat.com/~jcoufal/openstack/navigation/2013-12-03_os_navigation_vertical.pdf">http://people.redhat.com/~jcoufal/openstack/navigation/2013-12-03_os_navigation_vertical.pdf</a><br>
[2] Information Architecture:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com/question/1/openstack-ui-information-architecture/?answer=94#post-id-94">http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com/question/1/openstack-ui-information-architecture/?answer=94#post-id-94</a><br>
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