I really want to love diigo, but... - 18 views

bug features tagging

started by dstanford on 01 Jun 07

#1 dstanford on 01 Jun 07

I've just started using diigo and I know it's still in its beta version, but it seems like there are a lot of bugs to work out with the tagging system and just some general usability issues that could be improved. I think the features diigo offers beat the pants off of other social bookmarking tools, but I hope they can improve some of these basic problems that are driving me nuts: (or maybe some of them are easily fixable just by changing some preference and I just don't know what I'm doing?)

> I hate that the tags get cut off after a certain number of characters. It's particularly frustrating when your trying to scan your tag cloud and nothing seems to make sense because bits and pieces of words are all running together.
> Forcing the tag cloud/list to be in a scrolling list is annoying (as opposed to just displaying them in a column on the right that grows as your browser window space allows). I have a big screen and I want to be able to glance over and see every tag all at once, not have to scroll through some tiny iframe that I can't resize.
> The tag list should stay in the display format I select, either by checking some box as an account preference or by just having the tool stop defaulting to a cloud sorted by number of items every time the page changes or refreshes.
> The tag editing screen is frustrating. I'd like to be able to see every tag on a single screen and edit or delete them right there. Ideally, I'd like to just be able to edit and delete tags by rolling over them or clicking them in the tag list/cloud that appears on the right when you're viewing your bookmarks. The whole process of going to a separate screen and only being able to look up tags alphabetically is tedious, especially if all your tags don't fit on one screen.
>Why can't I just delete that "no_tag" tag? And why does it still show that I have 35 bookmarks that use this tag when there aren't actually any bookmarks still using it?
>Why can't I delete the "links" tag? I think this is another one that got created automatically when I imported bookmarks, and it seems impossible to get rid of (or even to just have it display a zero beside it when there are no bookmarks using that tag).

To the diigo developers, sorry if I sound ungrateful. I hope someone is reading this and you guys/girls might address some of my gripes before the next release. I'm trying to pick a social bookmarking tool to recommend to the several thousand college professors I work with, and I really want diigo to do well!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I've just started using diigo and I know it's still in its beta version, but it seems like there are a lot of bugs to work out with the tagging system and just some general usability issues that could be improved. I think the features diigo offers beat the pants off of other social bookmarking tools, but I hope they can improve some of these basic problems that are driving me nuts: (or maybe some of them are easily fixable just by changing some preference and I just don't know what I'm doing?) > I hate that the tags get cut off after a certain number of characters. It's particularly frustrating when your trying to scan your tag cloud and nothing seems to make sense because bits and pieces of words are all running together. > Forcing the tag cloud/list to be in a scrolling list is annoying (as opposed to just displaying them in a column on the right that grows as your browser window space allows). I have a big screen and I want to be able to glance over and see every tag all at once, not have to scroll through some tiny iframe that I can't resize. > The tag list should stay in the display format I select, either by checking some box as an account preference or by just having the tool stop defaulting to a cloud sorted by number of items every time the page changes or refreshes. > The tag editing screen is frustrating. I'd like to be able to see every tag on a single screen and edit or delete them right there. Ideally, I'd like to just be able to edit and delete tags by rolling over them or clicking them in the tag list/cloud that appears on the right when you're viewing your bookmarks. The whole process of going to a separate screen and only being able to look up tags alphabetically is tedious, especially if all your tags don't fit on one screen. >Why can't I just delete that "no_tag" tag? And why does it still show that I have 35 bookmarks that use this tag when there aren't actually any bookmarks still using it? >Why can't I delete the "links" tag? I think this is another one that got created automatically when I imported bookmarks, and it seems impossible to get rid of (or even to just have it display a zero beside it when there are no bookmarks using that tag). To the diigo developers, sorry if I sound ungrateful. I hope someone is reading this and you guys/girls might address some of my gripes before the next release. I'm trying to pick a social bookmarking tool to recommend to the several thousand college professors I work with, and I really want diigo to do well!</div>

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#2 Maggie Tsai on 02 Jun 07

Hi dstanford,

Thanks for your input. Please see comment below.

> > I hate that the tags get cut off after a certain number of characters. It's particularly frustrating when your trying to scan your tag cloud and nothing seems to make sense because bits and pieces of words are all running together.

Got it - being addressed now.

> > Forcing the tag cloud/list to be in a scrolling list is annoying (as opposed to just displaying them in a column on the right that grows as your browser window space allows). I have a big screen and I want to be able to glance over and see every tag all at once, not have to scroll through some tiny iframe that I can't resize.

Will allow user to set preference soon.

> > The tag list should stay in the display format I select, either by checking some box as an account preference or by just having the tool stop defaulting to a cloud sorted by number of items every time the page changes or refreshes.

Same as above.

> > The tag editing screen is frustrating. I'd like to be able to see every tag on a single screen and edit or delete them right there. Ideally, I'd like to just be able to edit and delete tags by rolling over them or clicking them in the tag list/cloud that appears on the right when you're viewing your bookmarks. The whole process of going to a separate screen and only being able to look up tags alphabetically is tedious, especially if all your tags don't fit on one screen.

Currently there is a single screen for editing your tags - next to "My tags" there is a "Edit" link - http://www.diigo.com/cloud/username -- > so you don't like this?

I see what you're suggesting. Will discuss more here.

> >Why can't I just delete that "no_tag" tag? And why does it still show that I have 35 bookmarks that use this tag when there aren't actually any bookmarks still using it?

Yes - already done - will roll out soon.

> >Why can't I delete the "links" tag? I think this is another one that got created automatically when I imported bookmarks, and it seems impossible to get rid of (or even to just have it display a zero beside it when there are no bookmarks using that tag).
>

the tag "Links" is being used in a special way in Diigo - we'll discuss more to see if allowing editing on this particular tag could lead to some other complication.

Meanwhile, please see the middle section "Add to Links/Bookmarks Toolbar" in http://www.diigo.com/help/bookmark/2 (although it's in the process of being updated to reflect the latest changes.) This allows you to have super quick access to frequently used bookmarks in any link folder that you specify. I am so customized to having these link folders - it's one of my favorite features that I use daily :-)

> To the diigo developers, sorry if I sound ungrateful. I hope someone is reading this and you guys/girls might address some of my gripes before the next release. I'm trying to pick a social bookmarking tool to recommend to the several thousand college professors I work with, and I really want diigo to do well!

Not at all, all good ones. Our team appreciate users input - in fact, we were just having a team discussion on a user suggested feature - and our guy said: "oh, they must really care about us to be so involved with their feedback" :-)

cheers,

Maggie

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hi dstanford, Thanks for your input. Please see comment below. > > I hate that the tags get cut off after a certain number of characters. It's particularly frustrating when your trying to scan your tag cloud and nothing seems to make sense because bits and pieces of words are all running together. Got it - being addressed now. > > Forcing the tag cloud/list to be in a scrolling list is annoying (as opposed to just displaying them in a column on the right that grows as your browser window space allows). I have a big screen and I want to be able to glance over and see every tag all at once, not have to scroll through some tiny iframe that I can't resize. Will allow user to set preference soon. > > The tag list should stay in the display format I select, either by checking some box as an account preference or by just having the tool stop defaulting to a cloud sorted by number of items every time the page changes or refreshes. Same as above. > > The tag editing screen is frustrating. I'd like to be able to see every tag on a single screen and edit or delete them right there. Ideally, I'd like to just be able to edit and delete tags by rolling over them or clicking them in the tag list/cloud that appears on the right when you're viewing your bookmarks. The whole process of going to a separate screen and only being able to look up tags alphabetically is tedious, especially if all your tags don't fit on one screen. Currently there is a single screen for editing your tags - next to "My tags" there is a "Edit" link - <a href="http://www.diigo.com/cloud/username" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.diigo.com/cloud/username</a> -- > so you don't like this? I see what you're suggesting. Will discuss more here. > >Why can't I just delete that "no_tag" tag? And why does it still show that I have 35 bookmarks that use this tag when there aren't actually any bookmarks still using it? Yes - already done - will roll out soon. > >Why can't I delete the "links" tag? I think this is another one that got created automatically when I imported bookmarks, and it seems impossible to get rid of (or even to just have it display a zero beside it when there are no bookmarks using that tag). > the tag "Links" is being used in a special way in Diigo - we'll discuss more to see if allowing editing on this particular tag could lead to some other complication. Meanwhile, please see the middle section "Add to Links/Bookmarks Toolbar" in <a href="http://www.diigo.com/help/bookmark/2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.diigo.com/help/bookmark/2</a> (although it's in the process of being updated to reflect the latest changes.) This allows you to have super quick access to frequently used bookmarks in any link folder that you specify. I am so customized to having these link folders - it's one of my favorite features that I use daily :-) > To the diigo developers, sorry if I sound ungrateful. I hope someone is reading this and you guys/girls might address some of my gripes before the next release. I'm trying to pick a social bookmarking tool to recommend to the several thousand college professors I work with, and I really want diigo to do well! Not at all, all good ones. Our team appreciate users input - in fact, we were just having a team discussion on a user suggested feature - and our guy said: "oh, they must really care about us to be so involved with their feedback" :-) cheers, Maggie</div>

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