dobkeratops
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4 years ago Definitely removable IMO.
With unified mode you can simplify it all out a lot IMO. I would question the need for all those workflow options now - I think you could just use browse+unified most of the time, eg I would even suggest removing the dedicated “add labels” modes.
If you click on an unlabeled image, it could explictely ask you “what object do you see first?” and/or “What label summarises the image?” (Could even be a modal dialog)
I would suggest just 2 top level workflow options ( no sub menus)
-(1) “Browse(+unified)”, - (the current unified->browse) but I would simplify the name - just think of unified labelling and annotation as the default activity
and (2)“automatic tasks” ( which would be the current “Annotate->default”) - for people who don’t have a clear task in mind already .. the system can guide them .
Just rely on unified for creating tasks (you can still add a label there without annotating) If there are no tasks remaining, “automatic tasks” could start asking you for labels . Forget searching for individual tasks - in unified it still fires it up with what you looked for selected.
I think this would make the whole site easier to get into for newcomers - the mental load of navigating the current top level options can go into figuring out how to use the unified view instead
I remember there was a stats page added to help you remember which labels to look for - again unified is a better solution for that
Could the later “explore” mode be absorbed into browse aswell? It’s got a couple of extra options (“annotations only”) - and it shows the annotations data (“details”) as JSON ( useful debug!) - maybe you could just add an “inspect” or “info” button to the unified toolbar for that
The site has evolved quite a bit over the last two years and I am wondering if the "Goto" buttons are still useful or if we can remove them? (not sure if they are still useful as there's now the unified mode)
Personally I always found the placement of the "Goto" & "Settings" buttons a bit weird. If the "Goto" button isn't used, I would remove it and move the "Settings" button somewhere else (e.g below the "Help me"/"Report pictures" buttons).
@dobkeratops: what do you think?