[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21583: Improve discoverability and visual design of Screen Options and Help Panels

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#21583: Improve discoverability and visual design of Screen Options and Help Panels
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 Reporter:  chexee                               |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  3.5
Component:  Help/About                           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ui-feedback ux-feedback needs-patch  |
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Comment (by ericmann):

 Replying to [comment:35 lessbloat]:
 > In reviewing these latest patches, I can see the benefit of having the
 "screen options" and "Help" buttons in the toolbar.  However, I'm not 100%
 convinced that we've discovered a solution for the containers themselves
 that's significantly better than what we've got now.

 I'm all for increasing discoverability, but pulling them into the toolbar
 doesn't (IMO) do much to that effect.  Instead, it just further clutters a
 UI feature that is already being cluttered by plugins.

 > At this point (with hard freeze coming on fast), my thoughts would be to
 either:
 >
 > A) Move the "screen options" and "Help" buttons to the toolbar, but
 leave the existing "help" and "screen options" containers/styles as is.
 Clicking either button would slide down/up the appropriate container,
 exactly how they function now.
 >
 > B) Or, punt this ticket until we can spend a some more time coming up
 with something that is at least measurably better than the current
 solution.

 I'd much rather punt and take some more time to come up with a solid
 solution than pull in some half-changes and need to revisit ''again'' with
 the next version.  Changing locations now, and potentially usability later
 would be more disjointing to end users than making one change later down
 the road.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21583#comment:36>
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