"This is a FAQ" page has confusing controls for choosing/creating the faq
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchpad itself |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Launchpad has no FAQs yet. When I visit a linkfaq page for a question, it displays a single radiobutton over a search box over a comment box. At first glance, WTF. My suggestions:
- The "create new FAQ" link is totally invisible in the text. If it's an action, it needs something to make it stand out. Since we already have a radiobutton there, why not have an additional "Let me create a new FAQ for this question" item?
- If there are no FAQs, the "create a new FAQ" item is the only think the user can actually do in this page, so remove the other unnecessary form controls.
- If there are less than N FAQs, the search box should not appear, since it will only be redundant.
- Is there a good reason to display the search box /under/ the results?
| Changed in launchpad-answers: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in launchpad-answers: | |
| importance: | Medium → Low |
| Martin Pool (mbp) wrote | #1 |
| Martin Pool (mbp) wrote | #2 |
| summary: |
- When no FAQs exist, the link to FAQ page is really weird + "This is a FAQ" page has confusing UI |
| summary: |
- "This is a FAQ" page has confusing UI + "This is a FAQ" page has confusing controls for choosing/creating the + faq |
| tags: | added: faqs |
I just hit this. It definitely looks like "No existing FAQs are relevant" will lead you into making a new FAQ, but it does not.