Subject: status bars, icons, collection-related actions at great distances
from collections

With respect:


Davor Cubranic wrote:
> 
> … "Remove" could be done completely differently: just edit the "tag" at
> the bottom of the detail view.
> 

-1

Within the status bars/lines (there appear to be two) within the two detail
views (one of which may be separate): the worded representations of the
collections are too _far removed_ (bottom right) from the actual collections
(top left) (with colours, iconography and other collection-related features)
to which those words refer. See below.



> … if the tag got an "X" button on mouse hover.
> 

-1

X = close (an extremely common action).

X should never remove (a less common, less desirable action).

X should never delete (a less common, less desirable action).

AFAIR there is no undo command following removal or deletion, so a user's
expectation to simply close should never result in unexpected removal or
deletion.

If an icon is to be gained: use a trash icon.

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This is not entirely negative :) 

Davor, I do share your wish for easier removal within a single Chandler
window; I disagree only on layout/implementation.

Related to my aim, two requests for enhancement
<https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12527>
<https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12528> are in fledgling
form. I must stress that within both, the visions are not refined; and that
my aim is to *not* unnecessarily disrupt any established Chandler way of
working. Before a sketch of any value can be offered, I'll consider a range
of influences including but not limited to
<http://www.diigo.com/list/grahamperrin/cdn> and ultimately I'm prepared to
invalidate both bugs. Neither enhancement mentions delet*, remov*, pop,
dialog* or window so if/when on-list discussion of those notions occurs, I
should encourage a separate topic.

Closing thought: status bars are too often ignored or overlooked.

Regards
Graham
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