Thread:Talk:New Page Patrol Zoom Interface/Initial thoughts

Thanks for busting this out! Some initial fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants thoughts and interface nitpicking:

Thanks again Brandon
 * I understand the idea of "zooming in" is the reason for the previous and next buttons being at the bottom or top, but the previous article button plus the large amount of space given to Article and User areas visually takes up a lot when I first scanned the page. I had a hard time parsing all that at first glance, and thus got "stuck" a bit before moving on to the detailed patrolling actions. Perhaps removing the metadata and just having the buttons would make it less distracting?
 * Considering that the stats available suggest people mostly patrol from the front of the queue despite the fact that the documentation strongly suggests you should patrol from the back, I think making the oldest patrolled articles the default should be a priority, though we should include the option to see the most recent ones. The current interface encourages one to patrol articles that may be only minutes or hours old.
 * Why are we showing edit section buttons but no main edit button the whole article? It should probably be all or nothing.
 * The deletion section should actually say "Nominate for deletion". The language makes a difference especially if we're not restricting the tool to experienced users.
 * I'd suggest "and..." instead of "But also". The caps on both lead-in instructions are a lot as well.
 * Not that I think it's a bad choice, but what was the reasoning behind making the patrolling and deletion actions menu on the left? I feel like we're used to seeing article content start from the left after the sidebar, and I'm supposed to/naturally want to start reading from the left before my eye moves to the right to take action on the content I've just read.
 * Would things like categorizing and page moves happen inside the tool? Or do the arrows indicate I would leave to do so?