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7 years 5 months ago #144289 by Ben_V
Replied by Ben_V on topic Upadate to 2.6?

olle wrote: Feel free to suggest improvements to the admin interface.


Maybe updating the menubar could be a good start...
=> bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=11890

IMHO there are too many buttons. It was already the case in older versions but now we have plain text links (sometimes incredibly long). Obviously, it's not a big problem for (intensive & computer savvy) users working with big screens…but any student working on a laptop may quickly feel the 747 cockpit syndrome ;)

Benoît

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7 years 5 months ago #144414 by LouisGac
Replied by LouisGac on topic Upadate to 2.6?

Ben_V wrote: but any student working on a laptop may quickly feel the 747 cockpit syndrome ;)


Here the point: everybody want something different. A lot of people complained that I removed the 3 menu bars depending on the context:
www.limesurvey.org/blog/69-limesurvey-ne...on-2-5-rc-released-2

A lot of advanced users wanted to keep all the buttons on the screen all the time to be able to do everything from anywhere in a single click... They want a 747 cockpit... Whereas I try to do something more like an A320 cockpit :-p

Of course, the best solution would be to provide a simple way customize menus. So, like in Office, basic installation could start with few menus and then advanced users could add so many menu bars as they want:
help.libreoffice.org/Common/Menu
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7 years 5 months ago - 7 years 5 months ago #144419 by Ben_V
Replied by Ben_V on topic Upadate to 2.6?
All in all, there is no problem because in the worst case, surveys made under older versions remain compatible and can be reimported to a 2.5x platform for production....
Even if it should be one of the most important goal, it's quiet impossible to make all users (trained users/beginners tech savvy/not tech savvy) fully happy especially when a quiet disruptive UI is implemented; so don't worry and keep on with your good job ;)

LouisGac wrote: Of course, the best solution would be to provide a simple way customize menus.

In the 1.91 version a collapse/expand menu bar was implemented... but removed in the 1.92. Probably some users did not like hidden items

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