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Places block pushing Notes block down the page (anonymous users) #47

Open rjcorwin opened 12 years ago

rjcorwin commented 12 years ago

Notes are buried when browsing as the anonymous user. http://publiclaboratory.com/tool/thermal-camera

Is that on purpose?

jywarren commented 12 years ago

No, well I guess nonregistered users are more likely to want to browse horizontally rather than in a particular place... but in general were trying to pack too much into the sidebar. On Dec 20, 2011 10:32 PM, "R.J. Steinert (rjstatic)" < reply@reply.github.com> wrote:

Notes are buried when browsing as the anonymous user. http://publiclaboratory.com/tool/thermal-camera

Is that on purpose?

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/jywarren/plots/issues/47

rjcorwin commented 12 years ago

Hmm. Some quick prototyping with jQuery in my browser. Like it?

With a little work we could probably move everything in the left sidebar to a new row in the header below the listserv feed.

jywarren commented 12 years ago

Would moving the search and login boxes be a problem? We could also try to make them a lot more compact.

What about truncating the file download zone, or just letting it exist on the bottom as by default?

Yeah i like the direction you're going. we need to be a bit more creative here...

rjcorwin commented 12 years ago

Good point. Those two blocks could definitely get a lot smaller. I think it would make navigating and viewing content a lot more clear if the left, center, and right columns were dedicated entirely to the current content being viewed while all navigation/other functions stay in the header. That may mean another row of buttons below Ongoing Discussions. The login and search could be drop down forms. "Post a note" may even be better suited closer to the content below it's current location in this proposed new row of navigation. Other calls to action could live there as well.