I agree. At its core, CloudStack UI is a management console. For management consoles, the focus should be on how to do something quickly with less clicks/keystrokes and viewing more with less space. I think 3.0 was a big step in that direction.
For CloudStack Admin Console, we need to innovate in the following areas. These all have to do with being able to do more with less action. - Pluggable UI to configure plugins - A monitor pane where resources can be put into and taken out of monitoring mode - A simple collapsible tree view of the resources - Jobs management ui I think the UI in the link can be great to be shown as what can be done for the end user UI though. There is a lot less things to manage in that U. --Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: John Kinsella [mailto:j...@stratosec.co] > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:41 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: CloudStack UIX > > My US$0.02: > > The animations look nice - especially when I was new to the product. When > actually trying to get things done, though, they just slow me down. In > particular, what gets annoying is when I have to click through several > animations to get to a page, like getting to a CS host (6 clicks) or getting > to > details on a virtual router (8 clicks). I understand these aren't everyday > tasks, > but personally I'd prefer a "standard" drop-down navigation that lets me just > get to what I want. > > John > > On Jun 6, 2012, at 11:14 AM, Sonny Chhen wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > I am Sonny Chhen the Sr. Visual Designer on CloudStack. I wanted to share > with you all a few ideas we have in the works on trying to improve upon the > user-interface and user-experience. I would love to hear your feedback and > any other possible ideas on how we can improve CloudStack. I'll try to answer > any questions as well. Please see the wiki link below and let me know your > thoughts. > > > > http://wiki.cloudstack.org/display/COMM/CloudStack+UIX > > > > Sonny H. Chhen > > Sr. Visual Designer | Citrix Systems - CloudPlatform > > 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
