Greetings;
I have been thinking about this. This maybe a good place to post because it also addresses Claudio's use case (sort of). It 's important to keep the GUI clean and simple. It would also be great to be able to add a linked object simply, and to access linked objects simply.
For comments, the add comment screen needs a "formatting" option that is similar to the options that are available at the top of the (for instance) edit contact screen. You click on an option (like timezone) and when it is active, it is bold. In this case, the option is the additional formatting features.
Also, at the bottom of each object view, there should be row of buttons, "Add Comment" "Add Document" Add Task" Add Calendar Event" etc. Clicking that button opens the add *** screen and the ne w object is linked to the current object when it is saved. This is common in CRM apps when you want to add an activity associated with a contact. I would like to do this when linking an html document (file metadata) to an uploaded file.
Most of the time when I want to link an object, I want to do the link at the point when I create the linked object, not after it has already been created. I find the concept of linked objects powerful, but the process of creating an object, then creating a 2nd object, then selecting link object, then selecting the 1st object to complete the link is clunky to me...
Lastly, it would be very nice to be able to see those linked objects below the current object. Sort of like the overview screen shows Upcoming Events, Milestones and Tasks; Pending Tasks; and Documents... Something like that at the bottom of the object view would be awesome. Keep the rest the same, actions and properties on the right, but below all of that, list all linked objects.
This isn't exactly what Claudio does, but it keeps all associated info close together, which is, I think, the idea.
I guess the view of linked documents would need to be filtered by workspace (like the overview). But it would be awesome.
- Paul
