"My Profile" dropdown links +2
Problem:
Accessing different tabs and links on my profile page is a multiple-clicks effort at the moment. Would be great if they can be done in less number of clicks, and at the same time accessible from everywhere in WE.
Suggestion:
The solution is similar to how the current "My Groups" dropdown a list of groups upon hovering your mouse over it. For "My Profile" the following links should be dropdown-ed:
- Invite Other Users to Your Network
- Add Entities to Your Network
- List Your Network
- Visualize Your Network
- Photos
- Inbox
- Sent Messages
- User Settings
- Show My Watchlist
- View Your Watchlist Activity Report (Simple)
- View Your Watchlist Activity Report (Detailed)
- View Your Personal Activity Report
- View Comments You've Made
The appearance will be similar to the mock-up for the "Navigation Links dropdown" suggestion at http://www.wiserearth.org/article/f3a57812a63b6a9e60c40a685857b745
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Perhaps there can be a separate dropdown for the inbox, as mentioned here by Sustainable David: http://www.wiserearth.org/article/855943bae486436f0a212932f39a0908/group/suggestions
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Great idea. I think I agree with this list on the condition that it is customizable. Perhaps the initial dropdown list can be shorter. Users could then add more to their list if they wish.
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Okay, I like one idea and not the other, which I will explain. Having separate dropdowns for different sets of purposes--links for the site, for the individual, etc.--will result in shorter dropdowns for each, and a logical separation of tasks. I had suggested earlier a set of maybe 4 links ("My Profile", "My WeMail", etc.) in the "Member" block, but the less clutter with the present suggestion is an advantage.
On the other hand, one problem I have all the time is the "My Groups" dropdown, which is obviously automatically customized. As a result, it can take as much as a minute for it to dropdown, so I call it a "DRIPdown"! This gets into issues of speed and consequently access. I know, I keep harping on this, but ease of access improves participation. If you have blinding fast speed you don't see this issue, but many others do. Here is an analogy: of two people, one has to go 100 feet (~30.5 meters) to school, and the other 100 miles (~161 km). Which is easier? And more important--who will learn more? (Let's see, that is a ratio of ~5,280:1--is that the equivalent difference between the world's slowest phone line and a really high-speed line?)
If made customizable, this would be fine, as long as it is integrated into the personal profile so that it overcomes the speed issue; but otherwise, and with shorter, logically divided dropdowns, customizable should not be necessary.
David
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