[mb-users] "Edit All" - Is it problematic to understand?

[Aaron Cooper]

Just to throw my 2c out there about LCD vs CRT and the "washed out"
look of the site:

I have a 2-year old LCD here and I know that on many sites colours can
look washed out and hard to distinguish - like the yellow in Google's
GMail.  Is it really a problem worth fixing?  If you want correct
colour representation don't use an LCD! :)  Or, if you are like me and
you want to use an LCD, adjust it so that you can see contrast between
light colours.  The site looks perfectly fine to my eyes (which aren't
even that good, mind you - my eyes, that is).

Cheers,
-Aaron

On 7/17/06, Stefan Kestenholz <keschte at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I do not think that is a problem. If people know "editng is on the right,
> > deleting on the left" that'll be clear and they'll know what to do.
>
> If they read the text above the fields, they know just as clear:
> * Track checkboxes are used to remove the track
>   (Unless there is a disc id)
> * Release/Track Artist checkbox has to be activated to
>   be able in the subsequent steps to select a different
>   track artist.
>
> Therefore, answer me these questions:
> * Aren't you thinking of new users as analphabets, or
>   otherwise challenged people?
> * Register an account on discogs, and try to enter a release
>   there, then we can discuss this "problematic" page, with
>   a real usability issue to compare with. Really.
> * It currently looks like, that I'll have to change the
>   release editor, just that it has been changed, because
>   this is how it currently looks to me.
>
> I hope you can take this as constructive critic of the whole issue, because
> I'm calm, and not angry at anybody taking their rightful stance here [1]
>
>
> > > What about:
> > >   [track name]        [track time] [x] Remove
> > >   [track artist name]              [x] Change
> >
> > I like this one. It is much clearer since the checkbox is labelled with
> > the action it will cause. Then it is not problem that they are in the same
>
> Have you thought about where the guess case buttons would be placed, if
> there were checkboxes and text labels between the text fields and the guess
> case button? Have you considered that the number of screen elements on the
> left side more or less matches those of the right side, aligning the text
> fields to the middle of the screen?
>
> > suppose). Otherwise a simple link (or info box) above the whole table
> > should be enough IMO. Like "You might want to check for open edits to this
> > release/its tracks. Or check all past edits".
>
> They are very convenient. Rather than first going to the edits view, you can
> go to the "edit all" page and review the tracks which have a "modpending"
> highlight (e.g. open edits) on them, and/or review if disputed edits have
> been made against the track in the past (all edits)
>
> regards, keschte
>
> [1] Maybe the thread should be separated between "edit all" and "wash-out"
> topic, because people with less time on their hands probably aren't
> interested in both topics...
>
>
>
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-- 
-Aaron