___/ On Mon 28 Aug 2006 05:59:02 BST, [ Scot Hacker ] wrote : \___
In the Comment manager, Mass Edit and View modes are so similar, I
wonder why there's a View mode at all. Why not just dump that and
have
Mass Edit be the default/only? And why not a batch "Mark as Spam"
option on the Mass Edit page? And why no pagination to view earlier
comments in either view?
Are these features waiting to happen, or are there reasons why
they are
the way they are?
Thanks,
Scot
Hi Scot,
This was discussed on several occasions in the past (among
them: http://tinyurl.com/l26a4 ). Contexts I can remember:
(1) not enough comments per page (e.g. to handle a lot of
SPAM); (2) No fine control over number of comments per page
(I changed the source a long time ago, but hidden/advanced
options would have helped); (3) No pagination; (4) No AJAX
control for quick deletion; (5) No batch-mode deletion or
keyboard navigation; (6) Various issues to do with filtering
and flagging...
I don't know if there are any plugins that improve the
moderation side (back end plugins seem more likely to
break), but I agree that the usability could be improved and
the two types of moderation pages merged, e.g. use some JS
to un/fold comment contents, so that links needn't be
followed. Then come accessibility issues and keyboard
navigation, etc.
Best wishes,
Roy
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