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Thanks for all the feedback on the "Enhance UX of launch instance form" subject and its prototype.

Try the latest version of the prototype:
http://cedricss.github.io/openstack-dashboard-ux-blueprints/launch-instance

This update was made after several discussion on those different channels:

- openstack ux google group
- launchpad horizon (and now launchpad openstack ux)
- mailing list and IRC
- the new ask bots for openstack UX

We tried to write back most of discussions on ask bot, and are now focusing on this tool.

Below a "digest" of those discussions, with links to ask bot (on each subject, there are links to related blueprints, google doc drafts, etc)

= General topics =

- Modals and supporting different screen sizes [2]
  Current modal doesn't work well on the top 8 screen resolutions [2]
  => Responsive and full screen modal added on the prototype [1]

- Wizard mode for some modals [3]
  => try the wizard [1]

= Specific to "launch instance" =

- Improve "boot source" options [4]
  * first choose to boot from ephemeral or persistent disk
  * if no ephemeral flavor are available, hide the selector
  * group by "public", "project", "shared with me"
  * warning message added for "delete on terminate" option (when boot from persistent)

- Scaling the flavor list [5]
  * sort the columns of the table. In particular: by name.
  * group of flavor list (for example: "performance", "standard"...)?

- Scaling the image list [5]
  * a scrollbar on the image list
  * limit the number of list items and add a "x more instance snapshots - See more" line
  * a search / filter feature would be great, like discussed at the "scaling horizon" design session

- Step 1 / Step 2 workflow: when the user click on "select" from one boot source item it goes directly to the step 2.
  If it goes back from step 2 to step 1:
  * the text "Please select a boot source" would be replaced with a "Next" button
  * the button "select" on the selected boot source item would be replaced with a check-mark (or equivalent).
  * the user would still have the possibility to select another boot source

- flavor depending on image requirements and quotas available: 
   * this a very good point, lot of things to discuss about
   => should open a separate thread on this
 
- Network: still a work in progress
  * if a single choice: then make it default choice

- Several wording updates ("cancel", "ephemeral boot source", ...)

[1] http://cedricss.github.io/openstack-dashboard-ux-blueprints/launch-instance
[2] http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com/question/11/modals-and-supporting-different-screen-sizes/
[3] http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com/question/81/wizard-ui-for-workflow
[4] http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com/question/13/improve-boot-source-ux-ephemeral-vs-persistent-disk/
[5] http://ask-openstackux.rhcloud.com/question/12/enhance-the-selection-of-a-flavor-and-an-image/

Best,

Cédric

> Oct 11 17:11:26 UTC 2013, Jesse Pretorius <jesse.pretorius at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> +1
> 
> A few comments:
> 
> 1. Bear in mind that sometimes a user may not have access to any Ephemeral
> flavors, so the tabbing should ideally be adaptive. An alternative would
> not to bother with the tabs and just show a flavor list. In our deployment
> we have no flavors with ephemeral disk space larger than 0.
> 2. Whenever there's a selection, but only one choice, make it a default
> choice. It's tedious to choose the only selection only because you have to.
> It's common for our users to have one network/subnet defined, but the
> current UI requires them to switch tabs and select the network which is
> rather tedious.
> 3. The selection of the flavor is divorced from the quota available and
> from the image requirements. Ideally those two items should somehow be
> incorporated. A user needs to know up-front that the server will build> 
> based on both their quota and the image minimum requirements.
> 4. We'd like to see options for sorting on items like flavors. Currently
> the sort is by 'id' and we'd like to see an option to sort by name
> alphabetically.
> 
> 
> 
> On 11 October 2013 18:53, Cédric Soulas <cedric.soulas at cloudwatt.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just started a draft with suggestions to enhance the UX of the "Launch
> > Instance" form:
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hUdmyxpVxbYwgGtPbzDsBUXsv0_rtKbfgCHYxOgFjlo
> >
> > Try the live prototype:
> > http://cedricss.github.io/openstack-dashboard-ux-blueprints/launch-instance
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Cédric
> >
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