Hey Somik
Thanks for the feedback, there have been quite a few changes to the
dashboard since the mockup.
1) I agree about the Actions column and implemented that when I started
adding more stuff and realized it was too clunky to have each action in
it's own column. Currently it only has 'Rename' and 'Delete' .. we can
extend it to more if required.
2) Agreed, I'll add breadcrumbs to the details page
3) Similar to the networks, ports now have an action column with auto
grayed out values depending on the port state.
- Rename "Connects" to Attachment : Didn't implement that in the
mock up :) , the new dashboard allows renaming.
The dashboard is mostly complete, as in it allows all the basic actions
like create/delete/rename network, create/delete port .
The only remaining bit is to attach and detach ports to VIF's, I've been
looking into nova code trying to find a way to expose these to quantum.
Should be done in a couple of days
Thanks
Arvind
P.S : The mock up is pretty outdated at this point. I'll try to add some
updated screenshots to the wiki either today or tomorrow.
On 08/05/2011 06:39 PM, Somik Behera wrote:
Thanks Mark, Arvind & team for the work on Dashboard! Apologies that I
just got around to reviewing the blueprint. This should provide us
with a great demo vehicle for the upcoming OpenStack Design Summit!
The initial mocks look good for our Quantum Beta, I just have a few
comments around our interactions design scheme that would good to
address for our first cut.
1) Networks Tab
- I suggest renaming "Delete?" to "Actions" - Much more
consistent with rest of dashboard as well as provides the flexibility
to have multiple actions grouped here under a single tab, obviously if
we have too many actions, we'll have to evolve the UI at a later point.
- Keep the existing "delete" link, and in the future we add more
links.
2) Network details page
- Need a mechanism to go back to the network listing page ( You
can always click on "Networks" on left hand menu bar, but it isn't
very intuitive, we might have a link on top( like breadcrumbs) that
would be helpful...
3) Ports page
- Rename "Connects" to Attachment
- Merge Attach, Detach, Delete? columns to "Attach" to make the
table more consistent with rest of dashboard.
* That would make us more consistent with Images, Keys and
general dashboard user interaction model. But, I am open to other
suggestions.
* The column contents would look like this:
[Interface drop down] Attach Detach Delete
* The links will be grayed out based on the operation the user is
allowed to perform, delete operation on already attached port will
detach and then delete the port automagically.
Otherwise, I am looking forward to the dashboard stuff completing soon!
Thanks,
Somik
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