Design/AnacondaStorageUI

= Anaconda Storage UI Design =

Mission Statement: To make it easier to find and identify the device(s) that you want to work with in anaconda, especially when there are large numbers of devices and/or types of devices present.

Resources

 * Trac Ticket for redesign work: https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/2
 * Trac Ticket for icon work: https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/63

Content

 * Discussion topics from FUDcon Berlin 09 Work
 * Miscellaneous Mockup Ideas

Fedora 11 Anaconda Screenflow


[[Media:anaconda_fedora11_screenflow.svg|Inkscape SVG Source]]

Proposed Anaconda Screenflow
The graphic below is out-of-date and needs to be updated.

[[Media:anaconda_proposed_screenflow.png|800px]]

[[Media:anaconda_proposed_screenflow.svg|Inkscape SVG Source]]

Mockups
These are draft 5, updated 12 September 2009.

Design Changes/Additions

 * the mockups are now organized into two separate paths
 * a status bar to indicate the total number of devices & space present in the UI vs. the selected number of devices & space has been added.
 * there are now icons to explain the 5 partition screens in the basic screen flow
 * boot device selection has been removed from the partition scheme screen. it was a small dropdown on that screen, now it is a full-blown screen.
 * new upgrade/install icons that are distro-agnostic / de-branded
 * RAID devices no longer use UNIX-style device names

Bug Fixes

 * upper-right-corner list filter boxes have been cleaned up (removed old unused items)
 * the capacity column was missing from several SAN-related screens. It has been added.
 * fixed more instances of the term "fiber" to read "fibre"
 * the term "bios raid" has been replaced with "firmware raid" (for UEFI consideration)
 * the term "product name" has been replaced with "model"
 * usage of the term "device" has been made consistent throughout the mockups. there are no more references to "drive"

Unaddressed Itches to Scratch

 * 'remove dmraid device' button - why is it in anaconda today? what does it do? why is it needed?
 * explore creating an alternative view of SAN devices using path tree
 * install types screen in basic screen flow - clean it up? more info on what each does? what is "free" space?
 * your concern goes here! :)

Mockup Sources
All mockups are sourced in this one SVG file:

[[Media:anaconda-storage_mocks_5.svg|Mockups' Source SVG]]

There are two paths through the mockups. One is for using working with basic devices such as internal IDE/ATA drives, the other is for working with specialized devices such as SANs, Firmware RAID, etc.

Alternative



 * explain free space better - is it 'unpartitioned' ? 'free space' is ambiguous

PDF Format

 * [[Media:anaconda-storage-draft1.pdf | Mockups Draft 1, 27 July 2009]] (PDF format)
 * [[Media:anaconda-storage-draft2.pdf | Mockups Draft 2, 28 July 2009]] (PDF format)
 * [[Media:anaconda-storage-draft3.pdf | Mockups Draft 3, 3 August 2009]] (PDF format)
 * [[Media:anaconda-storage-draft4.pdf | Mockups Draft 4, 24 August 2009]] (PDF format)
 * Mockups Draft 5, 12 September 2009
 * [[Media:anaconda-storage-basic-draft5.pdf | Basic Path]] (PDF format)
 * [[Media:anaconda-storage-adv-draft5.pdf | Advanced Path]] (PDF format)

Wiki Format

 * Mockups Draft 1, 27 July 2009 (Wiki Page)
 * Mockups Draft 2, 28 July 2009 (Wiki Page)
 * Mockups Draft 3, 3 August 2009 (Wiki Page)
 * Mockups Draft 4, 24 August 2009 (Wiki Page)
 * Mockups Draft 5, 12 September 2009 (this wiki page)

Icon Work
All icon work here is meant to be used with the GNOME icon theme and in some cases uses components from that icon theme. It is licensed under the GPLv2.

Design Team ticket 63 concerns the updating of icons in Anaconda. Some icons may need to be redesigned/created also as part of this UI redesign effort. Some notes on this follow.

Install Type Icons
Right now we have install and upgrade. One idea proposed in UI feedback in that we have three install types:


 * clean install
 * multiboot install (don't overwrite other OSes)
 * upgrade

Here's some icons to demonstrate these:



Downloads

 * [[Media:anaconda_partscheme-icons.svg | SVG source for all 5 icons]]
 * [[Media:anaconda_partscheme-icons.tar.gz | tar.gz of all 5 icons]]

Preview

 * [[Image:anaconda_partscheme-icon_all.png]] use all partitions
 * [[Image:anaconda_partscheme-icon_replace.png]] replace linux partitions
 * [[Image:anaconda_partscheme-icon_shrink.png]] shrink partitions and install to unpart space
 * [[Image:anaconda_partscheme-icon_unpart.png]] use all unpartitioned space
 * [[Image:anaconda_partscheme-icon_custom.png]] custom layout

Dropdown List Column Selector Icon

 * [[Image:icon_list-column-selector.png]]
 * [[Media:icon_list-column-selector.svg | Source SVG]]