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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.
Development Phase:
Clay: The release is coming out next week, so does this mean that we can start with the necessary tool and service work in a branch?
Jim: There are a few things I haven't had time to think about yet, but after the release comes out, yes, I think the real development work begins next week. I don't know that we should use a separate branch.
Clay: It would make it easier to get the work done as an option, and not something we're forcing on everyone yet.
Jim: Yes, but what we should probably really do is just make these features something that can be easily turned off. Or, in fact, turned off by default, and then allows allow schools to turn them on if they wish.