[Sigia-l] Tag separators in text fields - Make the forms smarter

[Louise Hewitt]

On 31 Jul 2008, at 16:47, Cathy Caron wrote:

>
> So an ideal form for tag entries would allow for a variety of ways for
> terms to be entered. The form would be coded to look for the common
> patterns people might use and then provide feedback. So, the form  
> should
> be able to take:
>
>
>
> cookie, apple pie, chocolate cake, pudding, watermelon
>
>
>
> or
>
>
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> cookie
>
> apple pie
>
> chocolate cake
>
> pudding
>
> watermelon
>
>
>
> or
>
>
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> cookie "apple pie" "chocolate cake" pudding watermelon
>
>
>
> or
>
>
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> cookie apple pie chocolate cake pudding watermelon
>
>
>
> And parse them out to get a list of tags. Now in the last case, the
> user's intent wouldn't be entirely clear, so the form would do the  
> best
> it could and then ask for feedback. So once tags are entered the form
> would say something like:
>
>
>
> Did I get your list right?
>
>
>
> cookie
>
> apple
>
> pie
>
> chocolate
>
> cake
>
> pudding
>
> watermelon
>
>
>
> Now this could have been right, but in this case it isn't. So the user
> would need to have an easy way to make corrections, ideally by  
> fiddling
> with the feedback list directly.
>
>
>
> Thoughts?


Hear, Hear! (although I'm not technically minded, so I don't know if  
this is a pain in the development ass)

Lou.

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