Upload icons without seeing full list

[cesy]

Title:
Upload icons without seeing full list

Area:
icons

Summary:
Split out the upload icon tool from the edit icons page

Description:
At the moment, when you go to upload a new icon, it has to load all your existing icons first. This is particularly difficult if you have lots of icons and a slow connection. It would be better if there was a page where you could upload new icons, and the page for editing existing icons was separate. This would also make it easier to improve both pages' usability in the future. If we wanted to get really clever, we could paginate the edit icons page the same way we've done with the view icons page, or only split it for people who have more than 100 icons. But any kind of split would do the job of letting me upload one icon without waiting for ages.

Poll #11753 Upload icons without seeing full list

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 60

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Should be implemented as-is.
27 (45.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
20 (33.3%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
4 (6.7%)

(I have no opinion)
8 (13.3%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (1.7%)

Comments

[kyrielle]

Why not leave the ability to upload an icon from the edit icons page (where it creates little additional overhead), but add a "quick upload icon" page that only has that feature? That is, when editing your icons you may upload; but provide a way to upload without having to view/edit?

Or, heck, add a "view existing icons/keywords" AJAXy thing to the "upload a new icon" page - so that at least the user controls whether it loads them. Heck, if we wanted to, make one option that shows the keywords and descriptions and comments *without* the images, and one with. People with low bandwidth could view keywords, descriptions, and comments to remember what they had without the bandwidth hit....

Just musing here.

[kate_nepveu]

I like the idea of a "quick upload icon" under the "Create" menu, which is my "with changes."

[turlough]

Good idea! *changes vote*

[marahmarie]

+1 (and kind of like what I suggested to 90 above); changing my vote, too.

[triadruid]

This.

[sorchasilver]

+1 This would be good.

[susanreads]

+1 best of both worlds

[deborah]

+1

[axiom_of_stripe]

+1

[montuos]

+1

I too hate that all my icons load when I just want to add one new one, and I've only got 60-odd! A quick upload feature would solve that nicely.

[kerravonsen]

+1

[lorax]

+1 to the quick upload idea, this is my with changes as well.

[stasha2g]

+1

[arethinn]

+1

[instantramen]

+1