Timeline for What about simplifying the UI for AskUbuntu?
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| Jan 28, 2017 at 19:19 | vote | accept | userDepth | ||
| May 6, 2016 at 11:06 | history | edited | userDepth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
I dunno what's happening maybe I should ask my turtle pet
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| May 6, 2016 at 9:34 | history | edited | userDepth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 5, 2016 at 18:38 | history | edited | jokerdinoMod |
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| May 5, 2016 at 13:40 | answer | added | terdon | timeline score: 14 | |
| May 5, 2016 at 13:11 | comment | added | terdon | @user3005629 I know that modern UI design seems to favor hiding everything in menus, as evidenced by the horrible train wreck of gnome3 design, so perhaps some people like menus. In any case, there is nothing clearer than having the options obvious and not hidden by a menu. By definition, a link in plain sight is simpler and easier to find than one hidden in a menu. Claiming the opposite is like saying that a spoon on the table is harder to find than one in a drawer. | |
| May 5, 2016 at 13:04 | comment | added | terdon | Given that users already have trouble finding those links (you wouldn't believe the number of times I've had to point them out to people) making them harder to find by putting them in a menu seems like a horrible idea. And of course this is software. An extra click is an extra click. Oh, and only "share" is a "social action". The other three are all post actions. | |
| May 5, 2016 at 8:02 | comment | added | terdon | @user3005629 so what you're saying is you want to add an extra click between the user and what the user wants to do? That seems like a very bad idea to me and would make the UI more, not less complicated. Yes, a menu is a common concept. However, simple links are probably the single most common concept on the internet. | |
| May 3, 2016 at 11:07 | comment | added | Mark Kirby | "Ok, now that we agree there we are on the same page" Now I am confused? Your question is titled "What about simplifying the UI for AskUbuntu?" and your suggestion is "Specifically "share edit delete flag" could be a little menu." but now you say it would not simplify things? Perhaps that image you mentioned in the question would clear up the confusion? | |
| May 3, 2016 at 7:43 | comment | added | Mark Kirby | Where did I say that? You said "Specifically "share edit delete flag" could be a little menu" and I am just saying having a menu is less simple than just having the options on the page where people can see them, I said nothing about removing anything, I want to keep it as it is. | |
| May 1, 2016 at 11:49 | comment | added | TheWanderer | I'm pretty sure the current layout relies heavily on JS. | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 15:19 | comment | added | Mark Kirby | "Specifically "share edit delete flag" could be a little menu" I don't see how that will simplify things, right now you can just see the options on the page, how does hiding them in a menu simplify anything? | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 12:51 | history | edited | userDepth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 29, 2016 at 12:45 | comment | added | muru | Yet another menu? | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 12:26 | history | asked | userDepth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |