Shibboleth.net discovery interface

[Tom Scavo]

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Cantor, Scott <cantor.2 at osu.edu> wrote:
> On 1/6/14, 1:04 PM, "Rod Widdowson" <rdw at steadingsoftware.com> wrote:
>
>>> > IdPs
>>> >are presented in a drop-down menu (i.e., an HTML select). I think it
>>> >would be much better if the IdPs were presented in an ordinary HTML
>>> >list, either ordered or unordered.
>>>
>>> There's far too many for that.
>>
>>Not exactly sure what the Tom was asking for - the option to see the list
>>there by clicking on the "Allow me to pick from a list", which indicated
>>Scott's point about the list size quite nicely...
>
> I assumed he meant a fully expanded list, which would require pagination
> (so it's impossible with the current code). But it's not a question of
> code, you just can't navigate dozens of pages of options, any more than
> you can use a drop down.

Hmm, I'm not sure I understand the responses, so let me try again.
When I click "Allow me to pick from a list," (which I don't routinely
use, but I'm sure others do) I'm presented with a drop-down menu of
IdPs. I have to click on the drop-down menu (another click) and scroll
a huge list (using scrolling techniques that are difficult to use and
probably nonstandard across browsers). It takes me a long time to
traverse such a list.

I can think of at least one alternative approach that is highly
preferred (by me, at least). The list of IdPs could be presented as an
ordinary HTML list (<ul><li>...</li>...</ul>) from top to bottom
(doesn't matter how many there are). The content of such a list is
immediately apparent (no extra click) and it's easy to traverse such a
list since it's just an ordinary browser page. Indeed, I just grab the
scroll box and scroll down to the bottom of the list in no time flat.

> It's there because it was there in the default UI, but it's certainly not
> practical either way.

Then I'm missing something since an HTML list is *much* easier to
traverse than a drop-down menu. I can't believe I'm only one who
thinks this. In any case, I won't belabor the point further because I
really do think the overall discovery interface is well designed,
which I don't want to gloss over.

Thanks,

Tom