I liked the "filter by genus" that was available in some list, but I don't see it now. (?) It let me filter on "Phaseolus" or "Brassica". I used that all the time to find things, because alphabetization on common names scattered things all over the alphabet. Often I couldn't guess that (for example) "beans" got listed under pole, bush, common, yard-long and maybe even green or wax.
I also somewhat like the "search term" available in the "full trade list". That sometimes let me filter on a common name like "bean" that spanned multiple genuses, though I can't recall an instance right now where I did that.
Personally, I would love to have both of those filters available on ALL the lists.
For example, searching on "Phaseolus" taught me what the "common name" alphabetization was, so I* could go back to a list that lacked the genus filter, and still find the entry I needd to edit.
This next request probably violates UI principles, and gets hip-deep into issues of who is allowed to edit what. But it would often have saved me a lot of hunting.
Suppose we could edit our own entries, even if we found them in a list other than "My Swap List". Often I see an entry of mine while looking at the whole-swap-tradelist. I see something I want to edit, like a comment or the quantity remaining. If I could just click-and-edit, that would be instant gratification. If instead I have to make a note of the common name alphabetization, then navigate to my swap list, THEN edit it, I often don't get around to the update.
Sometimes I wish I could move more easily between editing one of my items, and getting back into the right place in my own swaplist. But if I remember when to hit "Ctrl-Click", I don't lose my place in my swap list. There's no need to make something easier when it already IS easy! Still, if clicking on "edit this item" always created a new window that floated on top of the swap list, my forgetting to hit "Ctrl-Click" wouldn't get me lost.
In "My Swap List", I really want to be able to filter so I could SEE only, or HIDE only, "Ready", "Not Ready" and "Not Public". If it can't be three check boxes to show or hide each category, the most desirable thing is to be able to hide "Not Public". (Like "hide zero-quantity items", which is a vital feature in the tradelist and wish list screens.)
Dave, thanks for looking into Swap changes again! It's the only such tool I know of, and it already saves a huge amount of time doing bookkeeping during the swap. But you've spoiled us so that we want EVERYTHING to be dead-easy.
"Much better than any other garden website anywhere", I've started to take for granted here.
The home page customization has started me thinking that of course everything here will always be exactly the way I imagine I would wish, for the ways I use the site.
What I'd really like is for the Swap feature to read my mind and fill out all the lists with zero effort on my part, after going through my boxes for me, counting all my extras and labeling the packets. So I'll try to remind myself that not EVERY frill I can think of really has a place in a website that was not ACTUALLY designed from the ground up with nothing but my personal convenience in mind!
