[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24013: Hide "Add Media" for some post formats

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#24013: Hide "Add Media" for some post formats
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 Reporter:  markjaquith                        |       Owner:  markjaquith
     Type:  task (blessed)                     |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high                               |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Post Formats                       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch ui-feedback 2nd-opinion  |
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Comment (by jb510):

 Replying to [comment:29 johnjamesjacoby]
 > Don't get me wrong... the idea of trying to reduce UI clutter is sound,
 and one I generally agree with -- but, the current iteration of the
 collective posting UI doesn't yield a net-gain by hiding/showing the
 vanilla !WordPress UI elements in this regard.
 >
 > Somewhat tangentially, I'd rather we not ever hide the Title field, and
 instead disable it and change the "Enter title here" text to say "Not used
 for this format" -- it will cut down on the jumpiness and unpredictability
 of hiding core fields that have been around for a decade, and isn't as
 jarring to existing users that need to learn a new UI at the same time.

 This is my feeling too.  Reducing UI clutter is one thing (eg. the PF
 icons ought to be downsized BEFORE setting the format and rolled up
 after), but eliminating something fundamental like the Add Media button is
 just wrong and does not help users.

 I feel like this is being done because the structured post format UI is
 confusing, but removing the Add Media button doesn't fix the confusing
 Post Formats UI.   It's like taking the radio antenna off a Yugo to make
 it more streamlined.

 I hate to say it but the longer I look at this the more of a UI disaster
 it seems to me.  I think the people trying to get the structured post
 formats need to take a look at how Tumblr does it and really think hard
 about how this UI could better emulate that.  I fully support the idea
 behind the structured post formats and was in favor of push 3.6 to get
 them right, but it's increasingly looking like that's the wrong way
 forward.  At this poing I say punt ALL the user facing Post Format stuff
 to 3.7.

 Again, if If a user WANTS to add media to the content they shouldn't be
 prevented from doing so.  There are dozens of valid use cases that don't
 conflict with the idea of structured post formats.

 Finally, if the approach to structured post was to wholly remove the
 visual editor from certain structured post formats I could get behind
 that, but a lot of work needs to be done to figure out what happens to
 that content information when a post format is switched.  Why isn't THAT
 getting discussed.

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