From: Chris N. <pu...@po...> - 2001-02-23 14:05:55
|
At 10:39 -0900 2001.02.22, Nathan Vonnahme wrote: >On 22 Feb 2001, Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda wrote: > >> The second issue is that of user interface. One long list is a pain >> in the ass, but when you start needing to select multiple topics, it >> gets even harder. Probably its not that difficult: if you and have the >> topic defined, and additional dropdown list can appear and a topic can >> be selected. This is a little clunky, but relatively unobtrusive since the >> bulk of stories will only have 1 or 2 topics anyway. > >You can have a selection menu that allows multiple selections... it would >probably make sense to have a single list for the primary topic and a >multiple selection menu for the secondary topics. > >To do section-based topics it would work best, I think, to have javascript >dynamically populate the topic selection menus based on which section is >selected. A lower-tech solution would be to have all the section:topic >pairs in the topic selection menus. > >More javascript in the admin area would be great in general (especially in >the variable and template areas; why not preload all the variables in >javascript so they display instantly instead of submitting the form). I just want to add what is obvious to some but perhaps not to everyone: I don't think any of the Slash team is generally opposed to JavaScript used in this way; however, it must work without the JavaScript, too. It's no big deal to get it to work like that, I'm just clarifying the point in case someone cares. :) -- Chris Nandor pu...@po... http://pudge.net/ Open Source Development Network pu...@os... http://osdn.com/ |