The main problems with "more fields" is that a) it scares the bejeezus out of most users, as empty fields are things that MUST be filled to continue, or they are stressed, and b) we need to continue to work on the database for storing this kind of stuff (which will happen in the future.)
The main point of delicious is not to "get people to classify things" -- I think there would be much better ways to build something around that goal. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larson, Timothy E. Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [delicious-discuss] notes maximum length? Lindsay Donaghe wrote: > I agree, there are things that I'd like to see in del.icio.us that > will probably never happen. I think I remember your discussion > before, Timothy about additional fields. Personally, I prefer the way > that Furl handles it where you have a field for comments, a field for > "clips" (excerpts from the page), a field for keywords, as well as the > title, and topics (their version of tags). > > Of course not all of their users actually use those fields, in fact, > probably the small minority do consistently. But those people that > take the time and effort to document things more thoroughly are > contributing to the real value of the service. The more information > the better. I tend to agree. Especially in light of what you say later. We're getting this service "free" but we are providing value to Yahoo - at least, Yahoo seems to think so. :) The more fields to classify data, the more ways to access and use the data, the better, IMO - better for us, and better for Yahoo. You're right - if I had a field specifically for clips, I wouldn't have to repurpose the description/comment field, which would make searching easier later on. Some of this may come at the expense of simplicity (an important feature in itself) but not necessarily. Not all of this has to be exposed to users right away. Tim -- Tim Larson West Corporation, Interactive TeleServices _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
