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Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:54 pm
by Syntac
Just throwing in my 2¢...
I prefer a drop-down menu with "« Previous" and "Next »" buttons on either side. Of course, I tend to favor the minimalistic approach, so yeah.
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:56 pm
by JAB Creations
Ok...so back to my last question: what do you guys think of my implementation?
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:27 pm
by Christopher
JAB Creations wrote:Ok...so back to my last question: what do you guys think of my implementation?
It seems a little excessive and non-standard: two big next/prev buttons and a pop-up with lots of text. It certainly works if that's the style you like.
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:29 pm
by JAB Creations
Is it easy to use and understand or did it require any unnecessary load on your brain? We're not talking styling here.
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:17 pm
by Christopher
JAB Creations wrote:Is it easy to use and understand or did it require any unnecessary load on your brain? We're not talking styling here.
As I said, it is non-standard. Sites like Google, Amazon, etc. have trained us all in a similar set of navigation solutions. My question would be: what different requirements do you have that merit a different implementation?
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:00 pm
by alex.barylski
Call me stupid...but where is the example of the pager? I've looked at your web site (interesting selection of color combo's you have there)...I couldn't find anything and now I'm seeing stars.
It sounds like your using some non-standard approach to paging...how is it different from Google or phpBB, etc?
Whats wrong with the centered pager index with
Code: Select all
home|prev|3|4|[b]5[/b]|6|7|next|last
Cheers,
Alex
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:12 am
by JAB Creations
I'm not looking for standard, I'm looking for easy and simple.
I absolutely can't stand trying to click on a single digit number! I've got a 24 inch screen and it requires too much (brain) load for such a simple task.
The buttons and select menu are reasonably sized making them easy to select. I think worst case scenario the trade off is having to hold the mouse button while choosing a page number to select...though it's not like in Vista (with Windows Explorer static GUI that is 100% anti-intuitive) where you have to click a second time. Movement to GUI controls, holding a mouse button, clicking, clicking twice to achieve the same action as other GUI controls, the amount of brain utilizing to physical target a GUI control...these are all the things I take in to consideration when I create something like this.
If the color scheme is undesirable in any way (at least on the live version of my site) anyone with cookies and JavaScript enabled can use the editor and pretty much change the entire color scheme using the editor I created earlier this year...
http://www.jabcreations.com/blog/?promp ... leffects=1
I was really tired when I got in last night plus I wanted to see general reactions
before I explained the reasons for my GUI implementation.

Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:18 am
by alex.barylski
I absolutely can't stand trying to click on a single digit number! I've got a 24 inch screen and it requires too much (brain) load for such a simple task.
I see...
I still don't see any pager control though?

Am I going blind, what am I missing?

Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:25 am
by Eran
scroll the posts all the way down.
JAB, you should place the pagination at the top as well. People shouldn't try too hard to find it.
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:59 am
by JAB Creations
I'll have to split the code in to a separate function then...that should be easy enough for my first task of the day.
Working on it...good input btw thanks.
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:46 am
by JAB Creations
I've split the code in to it's own function which is now called before and after the while loop that generates the content on the index.
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:50 am
by alex.barylski
I still cannot see any pager. LOL
I scrolled all the way to the bottom of this page:
http://www.jabcreations.com/blog/
I see a previous entries link???
Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:53 am
by JAB Creations
Dude...we're not talking about my live blog, it's on the private preview...
http://www.jabcreations.com/members/blog.php
Have a look
there.

Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:00 pm
by alex.barylski
I see now.
That is one way to skin the cat certainly relying on a native control has some benefits - however. Have you considered what would happen if the blog grew into tens of tousands of pages? A list box would result in 10000 times being rendered (no to mention the HTML bandwidth) when in reality only about a dozen need be shown at any single time...
Just my two cents

Re: Multiple Page Navigation: What do you like most?
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:21 pm
by JAB Creations
Good point though not to be rude pretty much mute. Since I'm doing all of the programming for the blog (save what snippets you guys generously pass on to me here and there) if the number of pages starts to get excessive then I can simply implement new controls. In which case I'd have the select menu most likely display the first and last page, as well as an odd number (with the current page in the middle of the range provided you're viewing a page not towards the end). Then I'd simply add a small text input element to allow you to manually choose a page number...frankly I don't want to see several hundred anchors.
However I don't post enough at this point in time where it's a concern. Again since I've written the blog myself I won't have difficulty adapting at that point anyway.
