Server overview in tabs (not in a long expanded list)
Posted: June 29th, 2011, 4:32 am
The server overview ( http://localhost:8080/config/server/ ) is now a long, expanded list. That's OK if you have one or two servers, but I find it difficult if you have three or more servers: you have to scroll down to find a specific newsserver. I now have four servers defined, and I find the overview page unclear and annoying.
So my suggestion is to have the server overview in a tabbed page (so a bit like http://localhost:8080/connections/ which has the tabs Latest Warnings, Connections and Queue Repair as (top level) tabs) with the servers in those tabs. Maybe colorizing the tabs in green and red would be helpful to show wether they are enabled (and orange if they are disabled by SAB). And on the right a tab Add Server.
Further remarks:
The Add Server page asks a lot of info. The only MUST-info is the server name. Maybe useful to tell in that page that the other parameters are optional and "only fill out if needed"
What's the difference between Backup Server and Optional?
And, long shot: build up and offer a list of known binary newsservers (and their parameters) in which you can search.
So my suggestion is to have the server overview in a tabbed page (so a bit like http://localhost:8080/connections/ which has the tabs Latest Warnings, Connections and Queue Repair as (top level) tabs) with the servers in those tabs. Maybe colorizing the tabs in green and red would be helpful to show wether they are enabled (and orange if they are disabled by SAB). And on the right a tab Add Server.
Further remarks:
The Add Server page asks a lot of info. The only MUST-info is the server name. Maybe useful to tell in that page that the other parameters are optional and "only fill out if needed"
What's the difference between Backup Server and Optional?
And, long shot: build up and offer a list of known binary newsservers (and their parameters) in which you can search.