Enhancement (UI) - Better Thread View

[cnvo]

For UI/UX purposes, and to make the thread view cleaner due to the amount of noise and information displayed, the use of tooltips would help a ton. From now on, I'll share my ideas using mockups so you guys can see what I see. I made a quick mockup of a clean thread view.

I will explain everything if you have any questions about it.

[julianlam]

Hey @cnvo, nice to see you around :)

I'll let @psychobunny handle most of the feasibility of this, as he's the most design-oriented of the three of us.

From what I can gather from the mockup (thanks for that, by the way!), we'd need to introduce a participants array to the topics object. Not too hard, I'd think.

The other issue is, from a usability standpoint, would it "work" well enough even without the aid of tooltips...

[cnvo]

@julianlam No problem!

As far as usability goes, it's should to work without tooltips. On most mobile devices, you really won't be able to see the tooltips anyway, which still isn't a problem.

I will try to work with you all as much as I can with the new UI.

[barisusakli]

Keep in mind mobile too, we want NodeBB to work really well on tablets and phones. Tool tips are really useful with a mouse, not so much with touch devices.

[psychobunny]

in the process of migrating to BS3, will take your ideas into consideration. thanks @cnvo !

[cnvo]

No problem!