On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 06:35:16AM +1000, Justin Clift wrote:
Would a visual progress tracker be useful here too?
Something like this one:
http://media.smashingmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mrandmrsSmith_pr.gif
That's from an article Matt pointed out a few months
ago for a similar thing (but for our docs):
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/15/progress-trackers-in-web-design-examples-and-best-design-practices/
I thought about this. I really like the idea, but I'm not sure how it
would work in practice, because you don't necessarily have to follow a
prescribed flow.
You _can_ upload a template, build an image, create a deployable, and
then launch it. But you might just build an image from an existing
template but not launch it today. Or you might upload a template, build
an image, and then go off and set up a catalog.
Then again, maybe those workflows need some attention.
-- Matt
I was thinking about this feature as well. It doesn't have to be
necessarily for each process of creating/launching an
image/deployable/... I would like to improve workflows anyway, but
what I was thinking about is this step by step visual approach as
kind of "wizard" - you can follow the steps with the wizard, or you
can manage objects manually. This type of guide would help user to
get familiarize with sequence of steps really fast and easy.