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Disambiguate the 'List view' terminology #61567

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afercia opened this issue May 10, 2024 · 2 comments
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Disambiguate the 'List view' terminology #61567

afercia opened this issue May 10, 2024 · 2 comments
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[Block] Latest Posts Affects the Latest Posts Block [Block] Post Template Affects the Post Template Block [Block] RSS Affects the RSS Block - used to display entries from an RSS/Atom feed [Feature] List View Menu item in the top toolbar to select blocks from a list of links. Needs Copy Review Needs review of user-facing copy (language, phrasing) [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended

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afercia commented May 10, 2024

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Splitting this out from #61535

The editor has a 'List View' feature to show and navigate the hierarchy of blocks.

Some blocks do have a 'List view' setting to display their content in a list, as opposed to a 'Grid view'. See for example the Latest Posts, RSS, and Post Template bocks.

As such, the editor UI uses the terminology 'list view' for very different features. While this may not a big problem for sighted users, it is very confusing for blind users, users with cognitive impairments, low tech-savvy users etc.

Features in software should use unambiguous names to avoid any potential confusion.

Cc @alexstine

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

  • Add a Latest Posts, an RSS, and a Query Loop block (note: the Query Loop block contains a Post Template block).
  • Observe all the three blocks do have two buttons in their block toolbar to set the block content to 'List view' or 'Grid view'.
  • Observe the 'List view' name is used also for the List View in the Document Overview.

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Latest Posts block:

latest posts

RSS block:

RSS

Post Template block:

Post Template

Additiobnally, the ambigous string may be confusing for translators as well. A few examples:

In Spanish it's 'Vista de lista' for both features:

spanish

In German it's 'Listenansicht' for both features:

german

In Italian it's 'Vista elenco' and 'Visualizzazione in modalità elenco':

italian

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Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

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@afercia afercia added [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended Needs Design Feedback Needs general design feedback. [Block] Latest Posts Affects the Latest Posts Block [Feature] List View Menu item in the top toolbar to select blocks from a list of links. [Block] RSS Affects the RSS Block - used to display entries from an RSS/Atom feed [Block] Post Template Affects the Post Template Block labels May 10, 2024
@jasmussen jasmussen added Needs Copy Review Needs review of user-facing copy (language, phrasing) and removed Needs Design Feedback Needs general design feedback. labels May 15, 2024
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Good issue. I'd appreciate verbiage suggestions. I've shuffled some labels around to account for that.

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afercia commented May 15, 2024

I wonder whether 'List View' is the best name for the feature that shows and allows to navigate the hierarchy of blocks in the first place.

Anecdotally, every time I have conversations with users, we commonly refer to this feature as 'the list of blocks'.

Does the term 'view' in 'List view' helps users in any way? Is it really a 'view'? I'm not sure this can be called a 'view'. To me, it's a list of the objects in the content that shows their hierarchy and nesting, and it allows to navigate and select them.

It's a list, why not call it 'Blocks List'? Yes, there are 'Patterns' as well, but after all they're a collection of blocks.

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[Block] Latest Posts Affects the Latest Posts Block [Block] Post Template Affects the Post Template Block [Block] RSS Affects the RSS Block - used to display entries from an RSS/Atom feed [Feature] List View Menu item in the top toolbar to select blocks from a list of links. Needs Copy Review Needs review of user-facing copy (language, phrasing) [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended
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