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[Martin Pilkington <pilky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey all,

After some discussion with Curtis Hovey on the list and in the IRC channel I've done a redesign of the current team page. It is scaled back from the mockup I did previously, but shares similar characteristics. 

I have essentially re-arranged the elements on the page, eliminating the side bar as with my previous mockup and instead moving the various actions inline, next to their appropriate info. Curtis said that it would be useful to see what has recently changed for a team, similar to on the project page, but suggested it would be better displayed in a sort of timeline of recent activity. As such I've split the page up into 3 sections: Description, Recent Activity, Other Info.

http://dropbox.mcubedsw.com/skitchpics/lpteammember.png

The recent activity feed can be filtered by the type of activity by clicking a link at the top. It also shows items that relate to new data in bold, eg a new question, a new bug or a new pending member. These are things that are likely important to be viewed, hence the emphasis. The side bar has all the relevant information displayed. Curtis mentioned that Related Projects and Packages are two of the most important pieces of information, hence them appearing near the top.

This mockup shows what a member/owner of the team would see. I also did a slightly different mockup showing what a non-member would see (ignore the difference in the activity feed, they would be the same for all users).

http://dropbox.mcubedsw.com/skitchpics/lpteamnonmember.png

Essentially all the options vanish, as does the pending users list. This shows the benefit of inline controls. You can have fairly constant positioning for everyone viewing the page. It also frees up the full width of the page as you don't need a sidebar.

Please let me know what you think and whether anything needs tweaking or changing.

Thanks

Martin