GAV-292 · prototype comparison

How an Element opens and gets edited

Every proposal for the Element library, side by side. Today, A, B, B′ and C are screenshots taken on the test harness (fake data, dark and light, desktop and 400 px). D is a clickable mock — open the library, click an Element, try Edit, History and Use. Nothing here calls the real app.

Today (production)

Screenshots

What users have now: clicking an Element opens the full-size viewer; editing lives only in the ⋯ menu on the Assets page; “vN” on every surface.

2026-11-04 · /current/

A · Side panel

Screenshots

The editor slides in as a side panel; the library stays in view, for quick edits across many Elements. History collapsed, restore per row.

2026-11-04 · /a/

B · Focused page

Screenshots

Each Element gets a page of its own: pictures, words and a timeline of versions you can scrub and preview before restoring.

2026-11-04 · /b/

B′ · Page, pictures on the left

Screenshots

B with the pictures in one place on the left; New Element opens the same page in create mode.

2026-11-05 · /b2/

C · Today's dialog, findable

Screenshots

Today's dialog kept in size and order, titled with the Element's name, an Edit pill on the tile and a History tab — the smallest change.

2026-11-04 · /c/

D · View first, edit on purpose

Clickable mock

Clicking an Element opens it to look at, with Use and Edit; Edit and History are steps in the same dialog, each with Back. The prompt-only mark is the strip's T.

2026-11-06 · /d/