This is a summary of the Monthly Show and Tell that happens on the last Wednesdays each month. You can read the details on our Slack channel and for a full discussion watch the video below. You can join the Slack channel by following the instructions in our handbook.
Attendance: @chaion07, @javiarce, @paaljoachim, @critterverse, @karmatosed, @shaunandrews, @ibdz, @jameskoster, @ashiquzzaman are among the ones who attended the Zoom meeting. We’ve also had a productive conversation over Slack on the topics that were discussed during the meeting.
Exploration on the Document Attribute Side Toolbar by @jameskoster
James shared his exploration of the sidebar inspector among the many things he is currently working on. Being inspired by this PR he is working on proposing a change for Post/Page Title to the top including other elements of the inspector. He’s tried a couple of times According to him, the benefits include:
- Quick access to the page title
- Update templates (adding this to the sidebar is quite challenging)
- General information architecture on the sidebar is detrimental in its own way
- We use the block attributes more than the post attributes so having it moved to the top can be an advantage
- Gives more real estate for working with the post attributes
- General portability is more.
Brainstorming with Reusable Blocks by @paaljoachim
Paal shared his brainstorming ideas in relation to Reusable Blocks with features such as:
- Discard save
- Convert to regular blocks
- Click through; and
- other features & design aspects.
‘Gutenberg Labs’ idea exploration by @critterverse and @javiarce
In relation to this issue on GitHub, Channing has been collaborating with Javier with the idea of ‘Gutenberg Labs’. This has everything to do with the experiment window on the Gutenberg plugin. We have been having discussions on the design channel about how this can work out. Channing & Javier have been collecting early ideas on where this can go. They began with the WordPress About page for releases to work with as a reference point. Similar references include:
- GitHub Feature Preview (Notifications Beta)
- GMail Labs (Currently Advanced Tab in GMail)
- Figma Beta
- Tumblr Labs
They also showed the working file using Figma with some visual references in the form of look and feel inspirations including abstract ui and tools.
Recording: (For best results watch the video on YouTube)
Please go through the recording to learn more on the ideas shared during the Show and Tell meeting. We look forward to having you with the Design Team. The next Show and Tell is set to take place on the Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 18:00 UTC. Thank you!