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Merge list sections?

wispfrog   August 22nd, 2011 5:07p.m.

So with everything looking pretty great on the new list stuff, the only small fly remaining is the lots of separate small daily sections that new lists end up with using the automatic adding.

Am I missing some (easy) way of merging sections together? I tried just renaming them to have the same name, but they stay separate.

For my usage pattern, I suspect I'd be much happier with the quick adding going into monthly sections, and just an separate 'start new section' option.

Kai Carver   August 23rd, 2011 8:06a.m.

I also find lists split into one section per day makes them excessively fragmented. It makes it hard to see quickly what is in the list (and how much I have already done).

scott   August 23rd, 2011 10:35a.m.

The idea behind having separate sections is that it's nice to know what day in particular you added a certain word, and it shows up during study, though with changes to lists being recorded you've got that option too if you really want to know. Anyone else find the large number of sections too much? We'll discuss alternatives tonight at the meeting.

wispfrog   August 23rd, 2011 10:46a.m.

Yeah, I see its definitely useful to know that.

I think I'd be pretty happy just with an easy way of merging sections. Then I could select all the aug ones and just mash them together quickly.

But an option to use day/week/month names for quick-added stuff to suit individual's differnt usage might be nice instead.

Or for ultimate magic, perhaps think in terms of an optimal size for sections - eg decide it should be between 10 and 50 say. Then the quick-add would notice that all the sections in this week added up to less than 50 words, and group merge together automatically? But if a single day had more than 10, leave it separate somehow.

jcdoss   August 23rd, 2011 2:10p.m.

I also think daily sections make it difficult to browse. How about monthly sections?

citroenamy   August 29th, 2011 1:45p.m.

Yes please! make monthly lists the default, with the option of starting a new list every day. Who does that, anyway?

nick   August 31st, 2011 8:24a.m.

I think Scott has implemented this change, to monthly sections.

scott   August 31st, 2011 1:25p.m.

Yes, it should only automatically create new sections once a new month has arrived.

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