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Jim: Mike's latest conclusion seemed to be that we should give up on a drag and drop solution for now. So where are we with other designs? The general feeling was that the visual context of the reordering should be similar to the context of the main Resources listing.
Kathy: People seem to prefer the combination of arrows and numbering, as in the last screenshot on http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/RES/Reordering+Resources+UI+Document
But there are still some open questions. If it's happening on a different screen for example, how would you get to it? There are a few options suggested in those other sketches on that page (link above).
Jim: The options that have you taking a global action can be a bit confusing.
Clay: Given that you can only order one folder at a time, the option that makes the most conceptual sense is an action link within the "Actions" column. The difficulty there is the extra clutter where the space for it is already a complaint.
Jim: We may just have to live with it.Someone suggested that we make room for sorting on the "Revise" page, so we wouldn't need a new link.
Clay: But then how would you know that "Revise" is where you're supposed to go to do your reordering?
Kathy: We can put it in an extra link there for now and see what people think. We can call it "Organize" or something.
Clay: How about "Sort," to keep it as short as possible?
Kathy: Well, ok for now, but I think there's a grammatical problem there.
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