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Following a list of intended posts, which we'll publish from time to time (priorities in parenthesis, whereas 1 is lowest and 5 highest value).
Introductive Articles
- Introduction to the Genuine Development Developing GenUIne, the new Magnolia User Interface (5)
The first article introduces GenUIne, the new Magnolia User Interface of the upcoming 4.0 version of Magnolia. In particular it presents some motivations for creating a completly revised UI. - The GenUIne Development Approach - Part I (Interface Design Trail) / The GenUIne Development Approach - Part II (Technological Trail) (5)
Covers basic structure of development: differntiates interface design trail from technology trail. Presents some of the most notably proposed features. - Making Simple Enterprise Content Management Even Simpler (4)
Highlights most important improvements of Genuine compared to the pre Magnolia 4.0 interface. Basically the Genuine GenUIne (Design) - Analysis section is covered in this article.
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- Managing Content with Genuine (5)
This series of articles describes how users are intended to create, edit, find and restructure pages and content. Furthermore bulk editing, content publishing, importing/exporting data and browsing versions is discussed. Covers the "Managing Content" section of the Genuine Concept. - Managing Security in Genuine (3)
This article covers the "Managing Security" section of the Genuine Concept. It basically describes problems with the current security UI and how one could improve it so that the user can take advantage of Magnolia's sophisitcated security model more effectively. - System Administration with Genuine (2)
Discusses which steps Genuine should take to allow improvements regarding the configuration part of Magnolia in future releases. Refactoring the configuration section in Magnolia is not yet the primary goal for the 4.0 release. However this articles shows in which direction Genuine could go and which aspects might be important in the future, E.g. the support of module configuration dialogs.
Usability Related Articles
- Serving Different Users Needs (3)
This article characterizes the different types of users working with Magnolia. The goal of the article is to sensitize developers to the requirements and expectations of the targeted user group. - Usability Principles Explained (5)
- Providing Help (4)
In this article the usability aspect of "ease-of-learn" along with suggestions on how to achieve it is covered in detail.
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