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Book navigation visual redesign #1406
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Hi @jorgedeloera,
Thanks for providing some design ideas.Feedback
I understand that you want to put more focus on the book navigation, but to do these changes you've sacrificed quite a lot of elements to get there. Details such as revision count, creation info & permissions have been removed and the ability to export option is an extra click away. Space would also be needed for attachments and tags.
The combined page and book navigation is a good idea but without headings it is somewhat more abstract and could confuse new users. Also, I'm not sure it scales to larger books since the current page could be 15 chapters down, The page nav could easily end up below the fold.
Upcoming Update
For reference, here's pretty much the same content as part of the upcoming design update:
Reacted by PravinJust want to chime in and say that the redesign looks really good. When will that update go live?
@tylerlucas The one in my comment above? Is due to go live with the next release. Was hoping to get it released on Easter Weekend but went down a rabbit hole of improving how images are handled which has now delayed things a fair bit. I'm aiming for next weekend as long as no other hurdles arise. More info on the redesign can be found in #1153.
I'll close this now, since there has been no further discussion.
Something mildly interesting, I noticed the proposed design has quite a few similarities to one of the early BookStack design revisions:
Visual design improvements in the components of book navigation
The visual improvements allow a more focused design in reading the book.
Considerations:
Sidebar
The redesign allows to sidebar get the focus it on the navigation, the book navigation and page navigation in the same component, and the details can be move to subheader 👇.
Subheader
Allows to sidebar get more space. The color and background of subheader improve the first view of user on the page content.