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'More actions' should just be 'Actions'
February 02, 2010, 05:11:11 pm
Not sure why we use the word 'more' in the actions drop down.  i think that is the only place we have actions.  It's confusing and makes people think there might be actions elsewhere :)
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February 02, 2010, 05:21:56 pm
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Re: 'More actions' should just be 'Actions'
February 03, 2010, 01:16:02 am
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Re: 'More actions' should just be 'Actions'
February 03, 2010, 11:23:04 am
The reasoning behind 'more actions' is that it gives access to things you can do besides 'Print' (and we used to have a separate 'Export' button there too, so it really was Print, Export, more actions).

Have other folks gotten feedback that this is confusing. Given that there's only a Print button now - I'm open to changing 'more actions' to 'actions'.
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Re: 'More actions' should just be 'Actions'
February 04, 2010, 02:52:55 am
Print!

Wow, I have (honestly) never noticed that button.  Once I saw a client using the print icon in the top right to produce a printed copy, so I presume they had also not noticed it.

I would argue that moving print into the more actions menu and just calling it Actions would increase usability, because then all actions look the same and are in the same place.  If I am looking for actions, I always look in that long drop down.

It might be the case that some actions should be prioritised and available without having to select from the drop down, i.e. put next to the more actions menu, but in my experience, print should not be that prioritised action because it is so rarely used.

Interested to hear more feedback on this...
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