[ixtab]

Here's something that I just realized when updating the first post.

I think that the "new" layout which has the item name (usually book/collection) at the top, and the "other information" (author/number of items) at the bottom is quite good, and definitely more informative than the previous one.

However, this also leads to the problem that this information is no longer horizontally aligned with the information at the right side (number of collections that contain this item). And I found this to at least be potentially confusing - especially with short titles, it may actually be quite difficult to correctly associate the "left end" of the screen with the "right end", in particular if the bottom panel is hidden (see 3rd picture of first post of the thread). At least that's my impression.

Because this is quite hard to explain, and because a few pictures say more than 782 words, you'll find attached a few experimental variants of the UI.

The "white" variant is essentially what the UI looks like right now. The "black" variant is the extreme case to demonstrate the (intended) effect. And the "gray"/"lightgray"/"subtle"/"very subtle" are simply variants with different colors (the last picture, vsubtle_empty, shows the effect in a "maximized" CM where not all rows are populated).

So, I have two questions:

1. Do you think that it makes sense at all to have these visual "separators", or do you find them unnecessary/distracting/ugly/whatever ? Or am I just trying to solve a non-existant problem, because there is no need for such visual help at all?

2. If you think that makes sense, then which version do you prefer? I personally think that something rather light would do fine, because it does not distract/disturb too much, but still gives enough visual guidance. In fact, my favorite would be the "very subtle" one. What do you think?

Thanks for your feedback!