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08/13/2019 01:58:46 PM (5 years ago)
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    77== Rough concepts
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    9 As a quick experiment, I added our proposed Woo menu items to the concepts shared above. [Take a look](https://jameskoster.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/combo.png).
     9As a quick experiment, I added our proposed Woo menu items to the concepts shared above. Take a look: https://jameskoster.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/combo.png.
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    1111Now, it's not clear whether users would be able to expand all sections simultaneously like in the screenshot - but regardless - the menu gets very, very long when the WooCommerce menu items (purple) are added. And this is just a single plugin. Add a couple of other big players like BuddyPress or bbPress into the mix and things could get totally out of hand.
     
    1313How could we solve this?
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    15 One solution we explored was to add an abstracted "meta menu" affordance that would enable plugins to provide their own contextual interfaces within wp-admin. This is probably easier to explain with a [picture](https://jameskoster.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/meta.png).
     15One solution we explored was to add an abstracted "meta menu" affordance that would enable plugins to provide their own contextual interfaces within wp-admin. This is probably easier to explain with a picture: https://jameskoster.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/meta.png.
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    1717The benefit here is that users always understand the context of their current workflow. To manage products it's clear you have to switch to Woo context. To draft a blog post it's clear you have to switch to "WordPress" context. We've usability tested a similar concept with very positive results.