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Thu 30 Jun 2016 4:03AM

Sidebar - request for feedback :)

DU Deleted account Public Seen by 85

Hi product enthusiasts! Hannah from Loomio here, with an update from Loomio HQ, and a request for feedback :)

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been implementing a sidebar for Loomio navigation, based on the Material design spec. It is quite a significant UI change, and we wanted to run it by you before pressing play.

Our goal is to make the most common options more accessible, and simplify navigation.

  • The Recent and Unread options have been moved from the navbar into the top panel of the sidebar, which also has an option to see your Muted threads.
  • The Groups list has been moved to a panel in the sidebar.
  • The user options dropdown menu has been removed, and all of the options are now in the sidebar.

The sidebar is open by default on large screens, and collapsed by default on small screens like smartphones. It can be toggled via the bars icon in the navbar.

I’ve attached a few gifs showing the sidebar on both a large screen and a small screen.

I would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and be alerted to anything we may have overlooked over the course of developing this feature.

Thanks very much!

RDB

Richard D. Bartlett Tue 5 Jul 2016 3:24AM

Maybe it should, but I think that's out of scope for this job. I'd say that removing the search and notifications is in scope though.

AT

Aaron Thornton Tue 5 Jul 2016 3:23AM

Shouldn't the signed out nav bar look more like this(with nicer colours and a search)

AT

Aaron Thornton Tue 5 Jul 2016 3:26AM

Dont you need search?

RDB

Richard D. Bartlett Tue 5 Jul 2016 4:01AM

Yep it would be good, but right now logged-out search is not supported.

AT

Aaron Thornton Tue 5 Jul 2016 4:21AM

gotcha

AT

Aaron Thornton Tue 5 Jul 2016 4:23AM

That makes is a little smaller @hannahsalmon and without the notifications smaller and smaller :ant:

DU

Deleted account Tue 5 Jul 2016 9:53PM

Not sure if this is the right place but I would really like to see a symbol somewhere indicating that I have posts pending. Too often I compose a post and fail to hit Post. Later sometimes days later, I open the thread to discover that I have still got the post sitting in "draft" mode. My fault, but it would be good to be reminded.

DU

Deleted account Wed 6 Jul 2016 12:09AM

Thanks for your feedback, James! We'll feed it into our sprint process

DU

Deleted account Wed 6 Jul 2016 12:02AM

@matthewbartlett, before I do a few mockups, do you have thoughts as to how to address the profile conundrum? With your product owner hat on?

MB

Matthew Bartlett Wed 6 Jul 2016 1:40AM

First thoughts with my product owner hat on:
* optimise for people new to Loomio, and for tech-savvy team wranglers
* try not to go backwards
* think about mobile

I hope to get a more substantive response fed in tomorrow.

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