Design proposal ReneVolution

[ReneVolution]

As i liked the design very much before, here is an alternative approach to initially sort by Done, Testing and WIP in sequence. Even it is a little "hacky", it maintains the nice design 😸

[dreamflasher]

Do you have a preview?
I guess design is just very subjective, but I'm a big fan of simplicity. And one column is simpler than 3 (or 4 with date)...

[ReneVolution]

Here you go:

I think having a single timestamp does not visualise the status of a project properly.

[dreamflasher]

Thank you! I agree that a single timestamp is not enough, that's why my suggestion is status + timestamp.
The three column layout contains 2/3 of duplicate information: If a project is done then well it was work in project before and tested. If a project is not yet in progress then it's unlikely to be finished.
On the other hand three columns with different width look just ugly... Why not a progress bar icon to have the best from both worlds?

[ReneVolution]

Indeed, a progress bar sounds promising, though even that does not give all the info i'd like to see there, e.g. stalled, not-gonna-happen, etc. 😄

For the data structure though, i'd propose a status mapping:

0 => Not gonna happen
1 => In Progress
2 => Testing
3 => Done
4 => Development stalled

... add missing.

[ReneVolution]

Maybe even better for sorting by status:

0 => Done
1 => Testing
2 => Work in Progress
3 => Development stalled
4 => Not gonna happen

[ReneVolution]

Ok, no ... this seems better:

0 => Not gonna happen
15 => Development stalled
33 => Work in Progress
66 => Testing
100 => Done

That fits much better the standard progress bar scale.

[dreamflasher]

I think a status in integers is a good idea, yes. How about 1 to 10?
0 => not gonna happen
2 => development stalled
4 => wip
7 => testing
10 => done

[ReneVolution]

Would that be the option?

[dreamflasher]

Way nicer! Is it sortable? (doesn't look like it).

[ReneVolution]

It is sortable ... but has a bug when sorting for some unknown reason. Will need to debug it.

[ReneVolution]

Fixed the sorting ... so that would work ...

[dreamflasher]

It looks very nice -- I still would find it nice if Conversations would be on the first position, and Gajim on the second, to give them their deserved fame...

[ReneVolution]

Slightly change in the progress bar style.

I'm all in for giving fame to first adopters ... we'd need another field then specifically for sorting on a different level, at least for the initial sort. Need to think about that.

[dreamflasher]

Hmm, how about release date? fg

[ReneVolution]

Implementing something only to make sure some specific messengers are always on top feels like some hidden advertisement. Not entirely sure how i feel about that. They both deserve their fame 😸, but maybe this site is not the right place for such advertisement.

[dreamflasher]

Well, it's not only about the two, I see omemo.top also as an information page that goes beyond done/not done. And having an overview of the history is quite nice imho.

[bascht]

@ReneVolution @dreamflasher So – how about I merge this branch so we have the progress bars & I add the details in #40 ?

[ReneVolution]

Good with me 😺

[dreamflasher]

works for me :) So will you add a date column to sort on? g

[bascht]

@drea I might consider it later ;)

[dreamflasher]

@bascht that's a no ;)

[bascht]

@dreamflasher It's a rather diplomatic way of saying »I'd like to keep the complexity of the front page at a minimum. 😏 Dates might make it into #40.

[dreamflasher]

I do prefer a no with a reason over diplomatic BS ;)

[bascht]

As I said: I want to keep the complexity of the frontpage at a minimum. So: I don't want it to have a date column, whereas I'm perfectly fine with dates in the detail pages.

[dreamflasher]

? I didn't disagree on what you said. I just wanted to point out that it's better to directly say things instead of diplomatic BS :)

[bascht]

I think you made your point.