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Poster: nicmart Date: Mar 8, 2024 9:06pm
Forum: general Subject: Improving Lists

Lists is a good addition. I suggested it years ago. It needs improving.

For starters, I don't see how someone finds an existing List. I have created one for an individual with many books and articles in Archive, but I don't see it when I search his name. (The list includes his name.) Relevant lists should be among the first things that appear since the point is to make a search more efficient. List makers are curators.

It should also be easier to add to a list. Instead of having to go directly to the item page, there should be something to click on the pop-up summary that allows the item to be added to a List. It would drastically cut the time and tedium associated with adding a large number of relevant items to a List.

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Poster: TwoNucker Date: Mar 9, 2024 3:20am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Improving Lists

Would you please describe how "Lists" are used and how they are useful? Not trolling, I do not understand what new useful function they have.
I'm a spreadsheet person and maybe its too obvious.

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Poster: nicmart Date: Mar 9, 2024 6:28am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Improving Lists

I assumed someone creates a List based on a given topic or person, and when others search that topic or person the List would appear in the search results. I made a List for Person A and have begun adding articles, books, videos by and about that person. It will be more exact than just a search, which often leaves out relevant results or includes irrelevant or very marginal things. (For instance, the mere mention of the person listed in a book.) It’s not very different than a Playlist in a music streaming app. Of course, if it doesn’t appear when a search is done then it has little value. Since there are both public and private options that seemed logical.

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Poster: TwoNucker Date: Mar 10, 2024 4:26am
Forum: general Subject: Explaining Lists

Thanks.
'Lists' may be in an unfinished implementation phase. On your account I can see what might be your list with about 60 items. But using search in another window did not bring them up with anything suggesting 'List' was involved. Unfortunately the IA has recently been having functionality issues and their search stopped showing any results for the same query after a refresh.
Testing in what may be an IA "beta" phase with no possible feedback has historically been a non-value action.