Dashboard 0.3 Design
These designs are NOT finalized. Please consider them sketches currently
This page is designed to serve as an overview of the connectors, collections, and apps that are available to Locker's owner. The photo section could potentially be another dataset, such as recently added contacts, or recently found links.
- Picture of owner
- Fun Fact (nice to have)
- App overview
- Sample of some dataset (photos pictured)
- Collection overview
- Connectors overview
- Call to action (install more connectors)
- Add yours here...
This screen gives users the ability to view, install, and add connectors.
As a secondary goal, this screen gives insight into when connectors last synced, as well as what kinds of data is provided. A nice to have feature is an app discovery mechanism.
- Update all
- Search
- List of Connectors
- Details area for connectors
- Logo
- Install Button / Last Synced
- Description
- Provides (types of collections)
- Related Apps
- Add yours here...
The collection screen provides individuals access to see what collections are available to them, and give them the ability to view / download data from each collection.
- Update all
- Search
- List of Collections
- Details area for collections
- Collections Icon
- Number of items in collection
- Last synced
- Description
- List of installed connectors associated with this collection
- Research interfaces from products that have already solved the problem of exploring different datatypes (i.e. quicksilver).
- Use metaphors that people already know (Apple, like iPhoto is to Photos).
- Go for a "lightweight" experience
The apps screen shows which apps are installed, as well as a list of apps that can be installed.
- Search
- List of apps (sorted by installed, then alphabetically)
- Details area for apps
- App Logo
- Install Button
- Description
- Which collections are used
- Add yours here...
- Logo (acts as home button)
- Home
- Connectors
- Collections
- Apps
- Diary
- Add yours here...
A user readable logfile that connectors write to to communicate sync events.
- What types of information are relevant?
TBD
- Add yours here...
- Sexy flying divs - http://isotope.metafizzy.co/
- Criteria search box - http://blog.documentcloud.org/blog/2011/06/code-drop-visualsearch-js/
- Common components - jQuery UI
- Mobile / a11y - jQuery Mobile