One of my personal goals for the D7 release cycle is getting the "guts" of views -- the back end code rather than the front-end UI -- into core. I think it's worth pointing out that third-party front ends to the Views module can be built, too, with simpler UIs and/or streamlined workflow. One of the challenges the 'full' Views UI module faces is the need to expose ALL of the API's capabilities. --Jeff On Feb 18, 2008, at 4:58 PM, Rowan Wigginton wrote:
Earl Miles wrote:
Thanks Keith!
I rolled an official alpha release so people can play with this. I'm very interested in feedback about this UI from the community (admittedly I like positive feedback here, but I'll accept the negative too =) I gave it a try and I have to say the interface is much more intuitive than before, but I can't see this kind of UI working with many other modules, Views is one of a kind.
One problem with the Views 2 UI is that it doesn't guide the user along, instead it presents everything at once in panels across and down the page, I had to stare at it for a while to figure out what the next step was. However it makes up for this somewhat by splitting different displays into 'tabs' on the side of the page and also uses a kind of 'mini-wizard' for configuring each setting (I noticed some settings had multiple steps).
Overall I think the interface is a big improvement over Views 1, but the layout is unlike anything else in Drupal and the last thing I want to see in Drupal is inconsistency.