June 4, 20251 yr The Array Operations on Main is very cluttered and intimidating for newbies.The "helpful" explanations next to the buttons aren't actually helpful to parse, and for seasoned users, it's like constantly having training wheels attached to your administrative GUI.Proposing the following:Reducing explainer text in favor of better buttons.Split the footer of Main into vertical columns. E.g., a Parity column with all relevant info and buttons grouped togetherStarted being changed to Array Started as its proximity to Parity is valid can falsely imply association to parity checks.STOP being changed to STOP ARRAYCHECK being change to CHECK PARITYConditional logic to hide CHECK/CHECK PARITY if a user has not configured parity drives; real possibility with some people going all-in on ZFS pools for their containersConditional logic to hide or grey out SPIN UP or SPIN DOWN based on whether or not the drives are all currently spinning or stoppedMove REBOOT and SHUTDOWN to the header menu ala Dynamix System Buttons, because server power has absolutely nothing to do "Array Operations" as a concept, so having them clustered here at the bottom of all your disks and pools (???) and not available on every page makes no sense to me and never has, other than as a remnant of an earlier and much more simple time before Unraid did so many things in the OOBE.Potential big changes as an alternative to some of the above:Drop the Started and green ball next to it entirely as it's redundant as the user always has Array Started visible in the footer of every page in the bottom left of the GUI.Move the version number beneath the Unraid logo to the bottom right of the floating footerMove the Unraid OS edition (e.g., Pro) to the bottom right of the floating footer on every pageAdd the SPIN UP % and SPIN DOWN % icon from Main next to the Array Started in the floating footer of every pageMove the MOVE button next to the Array Started in the floating footer of every page.Move the manual as just a hyperlinked icon to the row of black icons in the floating header of every page, next to the Help icon
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