Aryeh Gregor wrote:
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:13 AM, FT2 ft2.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
At the moment namespace is 18 check boxes at the bottom of the page. A lot of clicking, each in its own box. Changing this to a list box (allowing CTRL-CLICK or selection/deselection of multiple namespaces in one action) would make this much easier to enter.
We try to avoid list boxes, because users don't necessarily understand how to use them. Checkboxes are much clearer. It should be possible (although slightly more effort) to use JavaScript to allow Shift-click to work. "Select all" and "Deselect all" buttons would also be useful.
At the very least, it would be nice if the layout of the checkboxes was a bit more structured than just everything concatenated in a single paragraph. How about, say, a two-column table with non-talk namespaces in one column and the corresponding talk namespaces in the other?
Yes, it would take more vertical space that the current way, but almost anything will. And it would make even just _clicking_ on the checkboxes easier if they were nicely lined up.
Maybe make it four columns if you want to trade horizontal space for vertical. That should still fit on most screens.