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I think this problem is most noticeable in the navigator and navigator-like pages. We have actions in the actions column that operate against the items shown in the list. If you want to perform a similar action (such as create a new folder) on the root of the page, you have to go all the way to the right to find the action. This is a usability annoyance because it forces you to change where you are looking. It's also a conceptual design problem because the thing describing where you are operating (the page title breadcrumb) is across the page from the actions that apply against it.
Created attachment 194866 [details] screenshot this screenshot shows my orion as hacked in my workspace. It experiments with two concepts: - move page commands to the left (the progress UI would then appear on the right). This seems conceptually more correct. - see what it looks like if we stop using icons and use text only. For the git clone case, it definitely makes the clone command easier to find (though I think we'd want to shorten the command label to "Clone...").
Created attachment 194869 [details] nav snapshot here's the same idea in the navigator. When the left pane is collapsed, it looks pretty nice. When the left pane is open, you could argue that the commands should be aligned with the splitter instead of the breadcrumb/page title. (but that wasn't easy to hack up in 5 min)
Created attachment 194872 [details] editor screenshot Here it doesn't bother me so much that the commands aren't aligned with the splitter. Probably because the content on the left (outliner) is more closely related to the page and so the actions apply to both. As a side note, the links help show that the undo/redo links (and buttons) aren't important enough to belong in the toolbar. I've been meaning to pull them out, I originally put them there just to test some command framework layout.
opinions? I plan to work with Linda on this idea to polish it a bit, for example the white text is a bit bright and the links need link emphasis. But I think that both ideas (using links on the toolbar and moving the actions over) are promising.
I thought this played a lot better. Linda had some visual tweaks, including a separator to help align the commands with the breadcrumb. These details will continue to improve as we do visual polish during M8. I was antsy to get reactions to this, so I showed some screencaps to McQ and he agreed this was an improvement. releasing.
I like the new idea but I see one think we could do better. If there are no actions (for instance the welcome page) we display only the separator. It looks a little strange, I think it would be much better if we displayed the leading separator only if we really have any actions.
(In reply to comment #6) > I like the new idea but I see one think we could do better. If there are no > actions (for instance the welcome page) we display only the separator. It looks > a little strange, I think it would be much better if we displayed the leading > separator only if we really have any actions. agree. The separator design visuals are going to change somewhat so I'm not going to make this change immediately, though.
