[wp-testers] 2.5 roadmap... admin design

[Jacob Santos]

Dan Milward wrote:
> I was just reading this: http://boren.nu/archives/2008/02/11/25-roadmap/
>
> I for one only have one gripe with the new admin menu; I cannot 
> believe how much scrolling I have to do to access all the advanced 
> options at the bottom of the edit page / post pages.
>
> Before you tell me its not a finished product though. Hear me out...
>
> Obviously a lot of people are excited about the new admin design which 
> is great. However I have read a lot of comments about the design and I 
> suspect that the answer might be the same a lot of the time .. "its 
> not finished yet"
>
> So maybe it would make sense to post the actual finished jpg designs 
> someplace.   This would potentially stop a lot of emails from 
> concerned friends coming in during the remainder of the development 
> phase? Ahh just a thought anyway :P
>
> - dan
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Well, if you really do think about it, you'll only access those options 
once or twice and then be done with them. I also thought it would be a 
"big deal" myself, but after contemplating and using the new system for 
while, I really don't think it is as much an inconvenience as you and 
others are stating. I think the argument should be why you would have so 
many options that you'll almost never use in the way of content that 
really matters.

I really don't think it is as much punishment to scroll down a little 
bit to access something that I'll only have to a few times. Having the 
save and publish buttons static is a much better improvement. For all 
the haterz, I think that once they get use to it, they'll be loverz and 
wonder why it wasn't done the way in the new design sooner.

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Jacob Santos

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