Considering a slight improvement in process

[a_reader2003]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "kippesp" <paul-groups at w...> 
wrote:
> Boyd has talked with Carolyn about a method that he thought would 
> help him move through the posts more quickly.
> 
> I won't summarize his suggestion for fear of confusing two possible 
> methods.  But I thought I could use his idea in another way.
> 
> Assume that you're at the start of a new Yahoo thread/discussion 
> such that the upper right area of our Catalog tool lists 
> several "related" Yahoo threads.  You tick off 2 or 3 categories 
and 
> submit them.  As you move through the discussion thread, the 
> categories you picked on the first one are lifted to the top of the 
> category list panel.  These categories won't be checked unless the 
> particular post you are viewing has them assigned.  But these 
> categories are rearranged so that you don't need to scroll through 
> to find them again.
> 
> If this is confusing, just think of it as a sorting change.  The 
> categories of the discussion's first post are sorted to the top of 
> the category list.  No other activity is being done--strictly a 
> display change.

Yes, I understand what you mean. Willing to give it a go, but 
slightly suspect that the capacity of threads to wander off original 
subject will make this new feature less useful than you think.

Official warning: I will shoot anyone who gets lazy and uses this as 
an excuse not to go find other, more correct categories!


> 
> The other idea I've had would be to see if this could be made into 
a 
> java application.  I was thinking that by doing so, the category 
> list wouldn't need to be reloaded each time.  I think that panel is 
> around 30K and probably is larger than most posts.  I'm not a Java 
> programmer, so that would give me a chance to figure something new 
> out.



This sounds like a good idea. Waiting for the category list to re-
load does waste time. Having to learn a new programming language to 
achieve this change sounds like hard work to me, but I'll take your 
word for it that it would be an interesting challenge..

Carolyn
Wondering what we'd do without Paul.