[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14772: Administration bar

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#14772: Administration bar
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 Reporter:  rmccue          |       Owner:  filosofo                  
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  assigned                  
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.1                       
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  3.1                       
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:  multisite, ongoing-project
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Comment(by apeatling):

 I saw that the admin bar menu system had been shifted to CSS only. I just
 wanted to give a heads up - this was how it was on WordPress.com at
 initial launch, but it caused major usability problems.

 The issue with CSS only is there is no delay on mouseover or mouseout
 which means there's no margin for error when using the menu. If a user
 hovers over a menu and accidentally rolls off it for a split second then
 the entire menu collapses. This caused a great deal of frustration with
 WordPress.com users who would try and navigated nested menus but not have
 the mouse accuracy required to stay on the menu.

 Another major usability issue that popped up was that you needed to be
 very accurate when navigating to a sub-menu. If you try using a dropdown
 menu on the Mac (and probably windows) you can move the mouse from the
 parent menu item to any child menu item without the child menu closing.
 When only using CSS you have to make sure that you move the mouse to the
 end of the parent menu item, then over to the first child menu item, then
 down to the one you want. Users found this to be really frustrating as you
 naturally move your mouse directly to the child menu item.

 I'm not saying that we need to add all the JS back in that was there
 previously, but for the sake of usability it might be good to add a JS
 delay if JS is turned on. If not then fall back to pure CSS.

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