[Pan-users] scoring/filtering suggestions

[Bobby D. Bryant]

Here are some suggestions that I would find useful, though apparently 
they head in a somewhat different direction than you guys have been 
headed with the new scoring stuff.

1) In the "Edit Filter" dialog I wild like to replace the selector 
"Article score is at least" with three separate filters, "Article 
score >=", "Article score <=", and "Article score between".  I would 
also like to be able to specify a number of my choice rather than 
relying on the five predefined categories.

That much would let me do things like "if score < xyz then mark as 
read".  (I prefer marking as read over hiding or deleting, because 
showing the post but marking it as read preserves the thread structure.)


2) Then as a second step, move the score-based colorizing dialog from 
the preferences to the filters.  I.e., in addition to triggerable 
actions such as "watch", "delete", etc., add a "colorize" action and a 
pop-up to let you specify the desired color.

This scheme would still let you emulate the 5 categories of scoring 
supported by 0.13.93, but would also allow more complex arrangements 
for those who wanted it.  E.g., you could construct 10 scoring 
categories if you wanted them, and shade them on a value or chroma 
scale where you could tell at-a-glance what quality of material you are 
looking at.


Notice that (1) would still be very useful even if you don't care to 
implement (2).

Thanks,
--
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas