[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of JBoss jBPM] - Re: console layout

[david.lloyd@jboss.com]

"tom.baeyens at jboss.com" wrote : i think that one page will be simpler to accomodate all the different possible combinations that people could query for.
Maybe, but again the end result is more complex (and slower) queries.
"tom.baeyens at jboss.com" wrote : with separate links, you'll get an exponential number of separate pages to accomodate for all the different combinations of search criteria.
You get that with radio buttons too.  The only difference is that you're using javascript to generate all the different combinations.  You still have to handle all the criteria on the server side.  Also, the problem stands that prepopulating the search form may not be sufficient to uniquely select the item in question.
"tom.baeyens at jboss.com" wrote : i also think that the complete page will not be that big.
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  | i also think that a single page will be simpler for users as they will recognize that page and not get lost in a tree of search pages.
That is true, but it might be made less confusing by designing the UI such that the user is never really "lost".  I think that clear navigation controls can help a lot with this.

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