During the DZN team meeting today we were looking over Phil's
(excellent) progress on the Melkjug design and kept getting stuck on
one particular feature that we're worried may be a little
overwrought: hidden items. Chris Patterson pointed out that it
simultaneously attempts to solve two distinct desires—the desire to
mark something as read and the desire to mark something as
uninteresting—and by doing so just gets a little confusing,
especially when combined withe the 'Show hidden' feature's three
options (yes, no, if starred).
We tossed around a few ideas for handling it: replacing it with
something more explicit, like (gasp) 'Mark as read'; adding a little
trash icon to discard unwanted items (and perhaps subtly but visibly
tweaking the filters as well); and/or simplifying the 'Show hidden'
feature by removing the 'if starred' item (which reeks a little bit
of feature creep). Obviously these are just ideas bandied about with
abandon. What should probably happen—either now or in the near future—
is a better discussion about this feature and its larger function
within the purpose of the product.
Anyway, forgive me Luke, I'm just opening a can of worms and seeing
what wriggles out. I trust Phil or Chris will shoot me down if I am
misrepresenting their thoughts.
—R
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