[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32678: Audit toolbar links and content

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#32678: Audit toolbar links and content
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 Reporter:  helen                |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  Toolbar              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch make-flow  |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by ryan):

 > 1. Going back to front-end: I feel we could have some kind of "separate"
 badge to do that, but let's try with something simple first: what if the W
 logo / title just goes back to the site? Too hidden? Any perspective or
 data here?

 Before the toolbar, the blog title was in an h1 and provided linkage to
 the front end. Many couldn't find that front end linkage, so we added a
 "<- Visit Site" link next to it. When the toolbar came, we moved to a home
 icon with Visit Site in the submenu. The W logo handling visit site may be
 too hidden (or maybe this is a natural progression), and it wouldn't
 accommodate touch devices which do not follow links in the toolbar icons
 (once #29906 is fixed). Seems like Visit Site would need to be at the top
 of the W menu on wp-admin screens in order for W to accommodate front end
 linkage. I'm a fan of the home and dashboard icon pairing we have now. My
 biggest complaint with the pairing is that on touch devices the Visit Site
 submenu should go away so that going home is one tap.

 > 2. "My Sites" is going to be a bigger issue, but I don't want to tackle
 that now because seems a bigger issue, so I've suggested an approach that
 will allow to keep the existing structure without more rework, just
 switching the places.

 Cool. The current order came from following a WordPress > Network > Site
 hierarchy, but I've never really liked that order in practice. The
 multisite switcher shouldn't jump in front of the new W.

 > 3. "My Sites" however should have a more descriptive icon. Even just
 adding a circle that makes it identical to the W logo makes it way better,
 but I feel that some work should be done there too inside that circle.

 Agreed. I've never liked this icon for a site switcher.

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