Another aspect of the "optional" fields in an application is what third-part apps do. Most of the fields in Furl, for instance, are optional. But most third party providers end up making them available by default (as does Furl itself)... for ease of use, for "education", out of laziness, etc... it doesn't have to be that way, but it seems to be.
That being said, the fact that they will be hidden/optional is not an argument for the utility of the information in question, which is where this discussion should probably center. If the utility is agreed upon as valuable, then visibility and placement is a secondary issue. My opinion: keywords are marginally useful, page clipping/synopsis are marginally useful-- both of them even less useful with an expanded note field. I'm not sold on Pre and post title extensions, but maybe I'm misunderstanding their utility... and again it seems like one could have both (expanded title and note/synopsis) with an expanded note field. Then at some point the note field becomes overloaded, but I'm not sure how many users would get to that point considering how few bother with even a minimal note/description at all :) c _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
