devel:ideas:mediarevisions:interface
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Research of media management interfaces
CKFinder file manager
Thumbnails view:
Details view:
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- I think it has a plain, intuitive user interface
- There is a refresh button
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Tiki Wiki CMS
Thumbnails view:
Details view:
+
- You can perform operations on multiple files at once (for example, delete)
- You can unpack archives
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- Not very intuitive user interface
- You can configure the number of files on this page
- No labels to action icons
MediaWiki
Details view:
Thumbnails view:
+
- Intuitive user interface
- History of file changes
- Server-side file name search
- Information on what the user uploaded / updated file
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- No information about the meta-data
- There is no way to compare the revisions of files
- The table paddings are too small and too much borders
InterPhoto Image Gallery
Thumbnails view:
Details view:
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- The table is not sorting by column
- Not adapted for other types of files (except images)
CMS Wordpress
Full-screen media library:
Popup:
Image editing:
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- Filter by type (all, pictures)
- Convenient and intuitive image editor
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- Unnecessary columns in table
- No directory tree
CMS Joomla
Full-screen media manager:
Popup:
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- Not a very good interface IMHO: some elements are too small, some are too conspicuous (although they are minor in importance)
Ajax File and Image Manager
It is a plugin to WYSIWYG editors
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- Not nice interface: small font, a lot of borders, a lot of unnecessary background information
+
- Many features, all features are visible at once
- Advanced file search
- Block with information about the file appears on file selection
TYPO3
Not quite the media manager but file manager
+
- Large functional file manager (there is a possibility to copy, paste)
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- Unable to browse thumbnails
Mindtouch
Users of MindTouch can attach documents and images to individual pages.
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- Convenient (though not enough functional) context menu
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- Not nice table interface with unnecessary information
- History of file is opened by clicking on plus sign and not very intuitive, because associated with folders
IMCE
Plugin for Drupal
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- Variable rows height in the table
Dropbox
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- Nice simple interface
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- No a directory tree, which is replaced by bread crumbs
Also interfaces I saw
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