presleyp
commented
7 years ago I agree with the second point, but I'm not sure about the first one. I'd rather have redundant but clear links than one awkward one.
My favorite idea for priority, and I don't know how hard this would be to implement, is to have the actions in your to do list be reorderable by drag and drop.
I think replacing Manage Action with the links it contains and not restricting suggesting/adding to slate to actions you're tracking are worth making an actionable issue for.
The 'manage action' popup ought to be rethought.
Content issues:
Currently, you access manage action after putting an action on your todo list or by marking it as done. There are four options on the popup, three of which go to the same view ("add to slates", "suggest to friends", "edit notes/priority"). The fourth "remove from todos" removes it from your todos rather than going to a view.
First off, anything that goes to the exact same view should be collapsed into a single link somehow. So if we want to have people add to slates and suggest to friends in the same view, we ought to come up with a term that conveys that. "Send action to slates/friends"? Something like that.
Second, you shouldn't have to put an action on your personal todo list to be able to add it to a slate or send it to a friend. But because it's in the manage action dropdown, and the manage action dropdown only appears once you commit to the action, that's the effect.
Third, I don't know that we need to access "edit notes/priority" here. It's not entirely clear how useful this feature is to begin with. When I created it, it was with the thought that someone who has a bunch of actions might appreciate being able to rank them in terms of their personal priorities, and leave notes for themselves about personal blockers/strategies. Now, we can keep it, but if we do it should probably get its own view. Or we can get rid of it. Or we can keep it but only link it from the todolist view. Thoughts?
It's also not clear how to incorporate "commit to an action" here. The main weird thing is that you can edit your commitment after you've marked the action is done. Since the premise of the commitment is that you're committing to doing an action, marking it as done should mean you can no longer change/edit the commitment.
Style issues:
The cursors when hovering over 'flag' and 'share' don't make them seem clickable. This is an inconsistency that may throw off users.