On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 14:43 +1100, Peter Harvey wrote: > "Show all topics" makes the list show all topics. Clicking on a topic > appends it to the text-entry widget (topics in the widget are comma > separated) and removes it from the list. This "click-to-add" concept > will be used for the other 3 options as well. Nowhere else on the desktop does clicking on a list item make it disappear. At the very least, these list items should have checkboxes instead. (Potential visual problem: I take it that the list of topics will be a tree in the "top-level topics" case; maybe tree expanders will look ugly next to checkboxes?) In general, I think the idea is nice but way too complicated. When will a given bookmark use more than, say, 5 topics? I get the feeling the displayed list of potential topics could be around 5-10 long, automatically generated (with suggested and deli.cio.us topics). If the user wants more topics, perhaps an "Other topic..." button? Compare that with the current user interface, which lists all topics: showing only 5-10 topics would be a huge improvement, and it would be simpler. We're coming to a time in computing when we have to trust that the computer knows what we want; auto-suggesting topics ought to be flawless, no? (Of course, this begs the question: if we can develop a system which automatically suggests topics which are very reasonable, we ought to be able to simplify to the point that the user would never have to choose topics at all....) -- Adam Hooper <adamh densi com>
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