zachlebar/Annotare — Issue #4: The List View
Author: zachlebar
Created: 2012-02-02 03:39:01+00:00
State: open

__What Does It Do?__
Annotare's List view shows everything created in Annotare in chronological order.

__Use Case__
The usefulness of this view is really contingent on the filtering associated with it. I think the List view will -- or at least could be -- used for the Search and Tag views as well. A large scrolling list of every item in your library is really only useful if you have it work perhaps reverse chronologically, where it becomes a quick way to access your most recently created notes.

From there, the combination of Search and Tags help filter down the list to bring the documents you're looking for into focus.

__Content & Design__
What's actually displayed about the document while in the List view needs to be only the essentials. Major metadata, laid out in a sensible way. Title, author, date/time (probably of creation), and the tags associated with the document. Maybe a count of highlights and/or annotations would be interesting as well.

Visually, the List view needs to give attention to the items in the list. Obviously. I think this should be done with subtle use of colors and textures to make the various items pop off the page. I think styling based on certain tags could useful to help certain kinds of documents attract the users eye.

I'm hesitant to use any icons in this view, though the temptation is there. I think if certain tags seem to be consistently used to distinguish unique groups of documents, then maybe an icon could be included and associated with certain tags along with other minor visual changes in color or texture.