let user set icon view order (keyword or upload date) durably

[thnidu]

Title:
let user set icon view order (keyword or upload date) durably

Area:
icons

Summary:
There are two options for sorting icons on the "Manage Icons" and "Icons" pages: by keyword and by upload date/time. Both pages default to upload date. Let the user set a preferred order under Settings.

Description:
On the "Manage Icons" page, http://www.dreamwidth.org/editicons, and the "Icons" page, http://USERID.dreamwidth.org/icons, there are two options for sorting the icons: keyword and upload date. Both default to Upload date. I have little use for upload order, and it's annoying to have to click "Keyword order" every single time I reopen the page, which has been about a dozen times today (while uploading icons from LJ, which provides only upload order; kudos to you for offering a choice!).

Let the user choose Keyword order or Upload order as a durable setting. In fact, it could be useful to have two separate durable order settings, one for each of those pages.

Poll #8899 let user set icon view order (keyword or upload date) durably

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 79

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Should be implemented as-is.
31 (39.2%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
32 (40.5%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
15 (19.0%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (1.3%)

Comments

[yvi]

With changes = remember last option chosen and use that

[ninetydegrees]

+1

[azurelunatic]

Yes.

[instantramen]

Ooh, yes, this is even better.

[laitaine]

+1

Friendly amendment accepted

[thnidu]

Good thought! That's even better than having to go to the Settings page.

[green_knight]

+1.

[kerravonsen]

+1

Because that helps prevent options overload.

[montuos]

+1, and with any luck, also including a custom order as requested in "Customizing the order in which icons appear on the userpics page" [http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/1283310.html]!

[turlough]

+1

[paian]

+1

[amadi]

+1

[susanreads]

+1 are you bored with email notifications yet?

[ursamajor]

My "with changes" is this. :)

[kyrielle]

I think this is a better way to do it, avoids the extra option.

[the_shoshanna]

+1

[cheyinka]

Yeah, that'd work for me.

[stasha2g]

+1

[velocitygrass]

+1

[fyreharper]

+1

[lorax]

+1

Remembering last used vs. default

[makz]

I like the idea of it remembering what the last icon you used was, but I also like having a default icon, as in the current setup. I'd prefer having the most recent icon be the first option on the drop-down list, but keep the default icon as the default.

[aedifica]

+1

[tamouse]

+1

[sally_maria]

Another vote for yvi's amendment.