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    [greg-dev] Idea: Intermediate page while adding feeds with the subscribe bookmarklet

    Hi,
    
    I discovered a bunch of new science blogs today, and while adding the
    feeds to Gregarius, came across something that had bothered me before.
    
    Here's the thing:
    I like to add feeds to various "folders". Helps in keeping the feeds
    organized. Some others might be using categories. The subscribe
    bookmarklet adds the feed to the root "/" "folder", and does not
    provide any means of adding the feed to a specific category and/or
    folder. Each time after I click the subscribe bookmarklet, I have to
    click the "Edit" link and then fix what folder the feed goes into.
    
    By creating a staging page, much like the one which lets you choose
    when more than one kind of feed is available, the number of clicks one
    needs to make can be reduced. It would be better if Gregarius
    "remembered" the folder/category that the last feed was added to, and
    offer that as the default selection.
    
    I understand that the reason things are the way they are now is
    because right now, when multiple formats are not available, clicking
    on the Subscribe bookmarklet instantly subscribes to the feed. But
    still, there is a page that is shown saying the feed was added. Does
    adding the "Edit" options to that page really hurt? It currently
    displays a list of feeds that the user has subscribed to, but is that
    really neccessary? A short page, with options to change the
    folder/category of the newly-subscribed feed could speed things up
    (rendering) and make the workflow for adding new feeds much smoother,
    and more efficient.
    
    So what are your thoughts?
    
    Carthik.
    
    -- 
    Ph.D. Candidate
    University of Central Florida
    Homepage: http://carthik.net
    
    Posted by Carthik Sharma [reply] at Fri Jul 7 21:17:41 CEST 2006