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UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Hi All Users,
I'd like to get some feedback on an issue that has been bouncing around between developers for a while now.
The context is the end users' UI experience. When a function is unavailable because of something the end user can control ie VM is started or Stopped. Should unavailable actions be hidden, or visible but greyed out ?
My preference is for the latter, but I'd like to hear the users' and operators views.
paul.angus@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Posted by David Merrill <da...@otelco.com>.
Visible but greyed out please.
I prefer knowing that an action is possible and understanding that if it's greyed out that something about a current state prevents its use.
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On 2/18/19, 10:49 AM, "Paul Angus" <pa...@shapeblue.com> wrote:
Hi All Users,
I'd like to get some feedback on an issue that has been bouncing around between developers for a while now.
The context is the end users' UI experience. When a function is unavailable because of something the end user can control ie VM is started or Stopped. Should unavailable actions be hidden, or visible but greyed out ?
My preference is for the latter, but I'd like to hear the users' and operators views.
paul.angus@shapeblue.com
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Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
RE: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Posted by Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>.
Thanks everyone,
Looks like there is a consensus that (as a general rule) we should try to 'grey out/disable' icons for features that the user can't access due to say whether a VM is started or stopped. Icons for actions that can be used due to something like hypervisor type should probably just be hidden.
@devs - it would be great if everyone could try to follow this. I hope that the ShapeBlue guys will be able to find time to migrate some icons to this style. I'll try to get round to updating the sprite image in preparation to make it easier for folks.
From: Anurag Awasthi <An...@shapeblue.com>
Sent: 20 February 2019 09:08
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Cc: Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Hi all,
Since I have been only a few months into using CloudStack, from user's perspective, reading the correct doc and finding the right information is not always possible. There is definitely a need for a cleaner way to communicate available options about UI buttons.
However, I think there is no one solution fits all approach. In general greying out disabled buttons approach is more user friendly than completely hidden ui controls and misinformation. But it's not necessarily the best from positive experience note and can be discussed to vary on a case to case basis.
Regards,
Anurag Awasthi
Software Engineer
Anurag.Awasthi@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
________________________________
From: Rohit Yadav <ro...@shapeblue.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:26 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: Paul Angus
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
+1 to the specific question and also in general, all features (buttons/options) not available to users may be hidden or greyed out.
- Rohit
<https://cloudstack.apache.org>
________________________________
From: Yordan Kostov <Yo...@worldsupport.info>>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:09:11 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: Paul Angus
Subject: RE: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
+1 for greyed out.
rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
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Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:42 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>>
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Paul:
As an end-user, I prefer to see the options greyed out. The greyed out options serve as a teaching tool to expose all the potential benefits and features of a category. In addition, it may be additionally helpful to link to a knowledge base with information regarding the greyed out function, it's benefits, and how to activate it.
With appreciation,
Calvin Levy, Technology Advisor
[Wingu Technology - The New Standard In Business Information Technology]
Wingu Technology LLC | 2252 Twelve Oaks Way, Suite 102 | Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544-6972
+1 (813) 397-8400 ext. 2000 | calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com<ma...@wingutechnology.com>> | https://wingutechnology.com
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On 2019-02-18 10:49 AM, Paul Angus wrote:
Hi All Users,
I'd like to get some feedback on an issue that has been bouncing around between developers for a while now.
The context is the end users' UI experience. When a function is unavailable because of something the end user can control ie VM is started or Stopped. Should unavailable actions be hidden, or visible but greyed out ?
My preference is for the latter, but I'd like to hear the users' and operators views.
paul.angus@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>>
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
paul.angus@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
RE: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Posted by Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>.
Thanks everyone,
Looks like there is a consensus that (as a general rule) we should try to 'grey out/disable' icons for features that the user can't access due to say whether a VM is started or stopped. Icons for actions that can be used due to something like hypervisor type should probably just be hidden.
@devs - it would be great if everyone could try to follow this. I hope that the ShapeBlue guys will be able to find time to migrate some icons to this style. I'll try to get round to updating the sprite image in preparation to make it easier for folks.
From: Anurag Awasthi <An...@shapeblue.com>
Sent: 20 February 2019 09:08
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Cc: Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Hi all,
Since I have been only a few months into using CloudStack, from user's perspective, reading the correct doc and finding the right information is not always possible. There is definitely a need for a cleaner way to communicate available options about UI buttons.
However, I think there is no one solution fits all approach. In general greying out disabled buttons approach is more user friendly than completely hidden ui controls and misinformation. But it's not necessarily the best from positive experience note and can be discussed to vary on a case to case basis.
Regards,
Anurag Awasthi
Software Engineer
Anurag.Awasthi@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
________________________________
From: Rohit Yadav <ro...@shapeblue.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:26 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: Paul Angus
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
+1 to the specific question and also in general, all features (buttons/options) not available to users may be hidden or greyed out.
- Rohit
<https://cloudstack.apache.org>
________________________________
From: Yordan Kostov <Yo...@worldsupport.info>>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:09:11 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: Paul Angus
Subject: RE: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
+1 for greyed out.
rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
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Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:42 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>>
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Paul:
As an end-user, I prefer to see the options greyed out. The greyed out options serve as a teaching tool to expose all the potential benefits and features of a category. In addition, it may be additionally helpful to link to a knowledge base with information regarding the greyed out function, it's benefits, and how to activate it.
With appreciation,
Calvin Levy, Technology Advisor
[Wingu Technology - The New Standard In Business Information Technology]
Wingu Technology LLC | 2252 Twelve Oaks Way, Suite 102 | Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544-6972
+1 (813) 397-8400 ext. 2000 | calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com<ma...@wingutechnology.com>> | https://wingutechnology.com
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On 2019-02-18 10:49 AM, Paul Angus wrote:
Hi All Users,
I'd like to get some feedback on an issue that has been bouncing around between developers for a while now.
The context is the end users' UI experience. When a function is unavailable because of something the end user can control ie VM is started or Stopped. Should unavailable actions be hidden, or visible but greyed out ?
My preference is for the latter, but I'd like to hear the users' and operators views.
paul.angus@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>>
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
paul.angus@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Posted by Anurag Awasthi <An...@shapeblue.com>.
Hi all,
Since I have been only a few months into using CloudStack, from user's perspective, reading the correct doc and finding the right information is not always possible. There is definitely a need for a cleaner way to communicate available options about UI buttons.
However, I think there is no one solution fits all approach. In general greying out disabled buttons approach is more user friendly than completely hidden ui controls and misinformation. But it's not necessarily the best from positive experience note and can be discussed to vary on a case to case basis.
Regards,
Anurag Awasthi
________________________________
From: Rohit Yadav <ro...@shapeblue.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:26 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Cc: Paul Angus
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
+1 to the specific question and also in general, all features (buttons/options) not available to users may be hidden or greyed out.
- Rohit
<https://cloudstack.apache.org>
________________________________
From: Yordan Kostov <Yo...@worldsupport.info>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:09:11 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Cc: Paul Angus
Subject: RE: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
+1 for greyed out.
rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
Anurag.Awasthi@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
From: calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com [mailto:calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:42 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Cc: Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Paul:
As an end-user, I prefer to see the options greyed out. The greyed out options serve as a teaching tool to expose all the potential benefits and features of a category. In addition, it may be additionally helpful to link to a knowledge base with information regarding the greyed out function, it's benefits, and how to activate it.
With appreciation,
Calvin Levy, Technology Advisor
[Wingu Technology - The New Standard In Business Information Technology]
Wingu Technology LLC | 2252 Twelve Oaks Way, Suite 102 | Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544-6972
+1 (813) 397-8400 ext. 2000 | calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com<ma...@wingutechnology.com> | https://wingutechnology.com
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On 2019-02-18 10:49 AM, Paul Angus wrote:
Hi All Users,
I'd like to get some feedback on an issue that has been bouncing around between developers for a while now.
The context is the end users' UI experience. When a function is unavailable because of something the end user can control ie VM is started or Stopped. Should unavailable actions be hidden, or visible but greyed out ?
My preference is for the latter, but I'd like to hear the users' and operators views.
paul.angus@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Posted by Rohit Yadav <ro...@shapeblue.com>.
+1 to the specific question and also in general, all features (buttons/options) not available to users may be hidden or greyed out.
- Rohit
<https://cloudstack.apache.org>
________________________________
From: Yordan Kostov <Yo...@worldsupport.info>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:09:11 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Cc: Paul Angus
Subject: RE: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
+1 for greyed out.
rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com
www.shapeblue.com
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
From: calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com [mailto:calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:42 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Cc: Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Paul:
As an end-user, I prefer to see the options greyed out. The greyed out options serve as a teaching tool to expose all the potential benefits and features of a category. In addition, it may be additionally helpful to link to a knowledge base with information regarding the greyed out function, it's benefits, and how to activate it.
With appreciation,
Calvin Levy, Technology Advisor
[Wingu Technology - The New Standard In Business Information Technology]
Wingu Technology LLC | 2252 Twelve Oaks Way, Suite 102 | Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544-6972
+1 (813) 397-8400 ext. 2000 | calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com<ma...@wingutechnology.com> | https://wingutechnology.com
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On 2019-02-18 10:49 AM, Paul Angus wrote:
Hi All Users,
I'd like to get some feedback on an issue that has been bouncing around between developers for a while now.
The context is the end users' UI experience. When a function is unavailable because of something the end user can control ie VM is started or Stopped. Should unavailable actions be hidden, or visible but greyed out ?
My preference is for the latter, but I'd like to hear the users' and operators views.
paul.angus@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
RE: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Posted by Yordan Kostov <Yo...@worldsupport.info>.
+1 for greyed out.
From: calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com [mailto:calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:42 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Cc: Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>
Subject: Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Paul:
As an end-user, I prefer to see the options greyed out. The greyed out options serve as a teaching tool to expose all the potential benefits and features of a category. In addition, it may be additionally helpful to link to a knowledge base with information regarding the greyed out function, it's benefits, and how to activate it.
With appreciation,
Calvin Levy, Technology Advisor
[Wingu Technology - The New Standard In Business Information Technology]
Wingu Technology LLC | 2252 Twelve Oaks Way, Suite 102 | Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544-6972
+1 (813) 397-8400 ext. 2000 | calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com<ma...@wingutechnology.com> | https://wingutechnology.com
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On 2019-02-18 10:49 AM, Paul Angus wrote:
Hi All Users,
I'd like to get some feedback on an issue that has been bouncing around between developers for a while now.
The context is the end users' UI experience. When a function is unavailable because of something the end user can control ie VM is started or Stopped. Should unavailable actions be hidden, or visible but greyed out ?
My preference is for the latter, but I'd like to hear the users' and operators views.
paul.angus@shapeblue.com<ma...@shapeblue.com>
www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
@shapeblue
Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Posted by Calvin Levy <ca...@wingutechnology.com>.
Paul:
As an end-user, I prefer to see the options greyed out. The greyed out
options serve as a teaching tool to expose all the potential benefits
and features of a category. In addition, it may be additionally helpful
to link to a knowledge base with information regarding the greyed out
function, it's benefits, and how to activate it.
With appreciation,
CALVIN LEVY, _Technology Advisor_
WINGU TECHNOLOGY LLC | 2252 Twelve Oaks Way, Suite 102 | Wesley Chapel,
Florida 33544-6972
+1 (813) 397-8400 ext. 2000 | calvin.levy@wingutechnology.com |
https://wingutechnology.com
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On 2019-02-18 10:49 AM, Paul Angus wrote:
> Hi All Users,
>
> I'd like to get some feedback on an issue that has been bouncing around between developers for a while now.
>
> The context is the end users' UI experience. When a function is unavailable because of something the end user can control ie VM is started or Stopped. Should unavailable actions be hidden, or visible but greyed out ?
>
> My preference is for the latter, but I'd like to hear the users' and operators views.
>
> paul.angus@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com [1]
> Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK
> @shapeblue
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Re: UI Icons visibility when Started vs Stopped
Posted by Sven Vogel <S....@ewerk.com>.
Hi Paul,
YES greyed. Most users will see „ah okay I need to do something that it will work but they see the function!“. If its hidden most people don’t think that the function exists I think
My Opinion from datacenter experience.
greeting
Sven
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> Am 18.02.2019 um 16:49 schrieb Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>:
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> Hi All Users,
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> I'd like to get some feedback on an issue that has been bouncing around between developers for a while now.
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> The context is the end users' UI experience. When a function is unavailable because of something the end user can control ie VM is started or Stopped. Should unavailable actions be hidden, or visible but greyed out ?
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> My preference is for the latter, but I'd like to hear the users' and operators views.
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> paul.angus@shapeblue.com
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