[sldev] Re: Second Life User Experience

[Argent Stonecutter]

> I agree with the current filter being awkward.  In the design  
> discussion
> I posted I suggested replacing it with an icon menu to the left of the
> search bar, that would drop down with the different filter options.

That's fine for a search, but you'd need a lot of options like  
"everything but prim objects" or "sounds + animations + gestures" (a  
couple I use all the time). And merging them all so you can't search  
for just sounds+animations or sounds+gestures or gestures+animations  
would be annoying.

The iTunes interface for smart playlists might be better than what we  
currently have, with the "smart playlists" replaced by "smart tabs".

> Some big and fairly easy wins (from my perspective):
> * Always sort 'system' folders to the top.

Only if you can turn it off.

Personally, I'd like the ability that some browsers have to specify  
*any* folder as the default destination for a type of object, so when  
I'm working on a project I can make that project's folder the default  
for *everything*.

> The idea for the page is for design discussion, and already on the  
> talk
> page people are talking about easier ways to implement the features
> along with other suggestions.  Feel free to jump in on the  
> discussion there.

Errr, I did that. :)