Tags now autocomplete, gmail-style
By popular request, I have tentatively installed "autocompleting" tags on the Add Books screen (click "autocomplete tags.") Autocompleting means that when you type part of a tag, LibraryThing will suggest the rest of it based on previous tags. Some browsers try to do this, but field-by-field not tag-by-tag. Play around with it; it's nifty. (It uses the amazing WICK.)
If people like it, I'll install it on the card edit page. I'll also make it use recent tags without using "update." But I myself find it a little distracting. Should it continue to be merely an option?
If people like it, I'll install it on the card edit page. I'll also make it use recent tags without using "update." But I myself find it a little distracting. Should it continue to be merely an option?
posted by Tim at 4:46 AM
8 Comments:
Awesome!
Thanks a bunch. And from my perspective, adding it to the card edit page would be a very welcome thing...
Something else: perhaps when I add a book, it would give me the option to see what tags other users have used for that book? Also, when I create new tags, I would love to be able to mass-apply that new tag to several books...
This site gets more usable every day. Keep up the good work...
I also humbly request the mass-application of edits - I'm also adding the same words over and over.
Also, are you aware of the repetition issue with books of the same series (but with different names and different ISBN's) when viewing catalogs by tag (an example can be viewed by looking at Tangognat's manga or mine) - are we entering in the information incorrectly?
I am also waiting for a tag mass editing feature.
And it would be great if the individual edit card pages had the autocomplete tag, too. I end up typing a lot of tags in there.
eh! :) found your blog looking at referrers to the WICK site :) i'm very happy someone out there is finding it useful! :) cheers!
-chris
I am having difficult actually adding books today. I type in ISBNs, type in Tags, and... nothing. Was working fine as of 3am...
Should be working now. Sorry about that.
Sorry tag completion isn't working for you. I checked it with you data and it works for me. This means it's your browser. It requires IE 5.5+, Firefox .9+. It says it works on Safari, but mine doesn't. It is, as noted on the blog, not my software. It's also roundly considered an epic DHTML hack and way above my level to correct. When a new version is released with better browser support I'll be sure to replace the one I'm using.
Anyone else have problems?
Hi again. I'm the guy who wrote WICK. It should work in Safari, it's my primary browser. The "see it in action" sample page on the wick site should also work in Safari. At least it does for me right now. I just registered an account, saw where the WICK code was integrated, sometimes I see it go away, sometimes it shows-up. If you want to try to troubleshoot this, feel free to send an email to frenchy }at [ gmail.com
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