[MGNLDAM-515] Provide a way to download a versioned asset to decide whether such should be restored Created: 19/Sep/14  Updated: 07/Sep/15  Resolved: 15/Oct/14

Status: Closed
Project: Magnolia DAM Module
Component/s: DAM App, User Interaction
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 2.0.5

Type: New Feature Priority: Neutral
Reporter: Zdenek Skodik Assignee: Philip Mundt
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: support
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Attachments: PNG File 01-dam-app-show_versions.png     PNG File 02-dam-app-show_versions-dialog.png     PNG File 03-dam-app-show_versions-edit_view-download.png     PNG File 99-dam-app-edit_view-download.png    
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relates to MGNLUI-2754 Restore previous version including su... Closed
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depends upon MGNLUI-3204 Provide action to download a versione... Closed
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 Description   

The ancestor of DAM, the DMS module, offered an user all information about the versioned document, not only its descriptors and metadata but also the link to the binary itself the user could eventually download for review. Would you upgrade to DAM, you're losing the option to preview the binary. With the existing implementation it's however straightforward to offer a download action at the version dialog. Integrating a dam-preview extension might eventually be also nice.



 Comments   
Comment by Philip Mundt [ 14/Oct/14 ]

Reopening due to different suggested approach in linked issue MGNLUI-3204.

Comment by Philip Mundt [ 15/Oct/14 ]

Adding images showing worklfow:

  1. Show versions action 01-dam-app-show_versions.png
  2. Show versions dialog 02-dam-app-show_versions-dialog.png
  3. "Edit" view for version with download button 03-dam-app-show_versions-edit_view-download.png
  4. Edit view of asset also has download button 99-dam-app-edit_view-download.png
Comment by Philip Mundt [ 15/Oct/14 ]

Adding comment from UI ticket MGNLUI-3204:

There's no icon available, but I'd like to suggest a different course of action: we offer a "Download image/video/..." button inside the read-only editing form opened by the "Show versions" action instead. This allows me to preview a particular version and directly download it.

The button would be a main action (i.e. a gray button in the bottom bar), but not the default button. We should probably make the "Cancel" button the (green) default button at the same time. Since the download action is not directly related to "Cancel", I'd move it the left side of the bar, similar to how we do it in the chooser dialog.

A download button only needs to be available/shown, if the asset's media type supports a download. It should be shown but disabled, if the asset does not actually contain a medium.

This has the following advantages:

  • you can preview, before you download
  • you can open the preview of a version from anywhere else, and you'd still be able to download the medium.
  • the actions inside the "versioning" group focus on handling versions (previewing/comparing/restoring them), similar to their counterparts in Pages.
  • we don't have to add another action to the standard Action bar in Assets.

Ideally, we would have a "download" action on the media upload field itself, especially since we might have more than one medium inside an asset (or similar content type). Actually, this will have to be changed accordingly. Similarly, we would offer the same "download" button also inside the regular "add/edit asset" dialog. There, again, the button would actually have to reside on the media upload field itself. I'll add follow-up tickets for that.

Comment by Philip Mundt [ 15/Oct/14 ]

Re-Resolved on branch MGNLDAM-515-alt.

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