mronkko/ZotPad — Issue #18: Make item lists more compact and readable
Author: mronkko
Created: 2012-02-20 06:25:13+00:00
State: open

jason.rute suggested the following changes to item list (http://www.zotpad.com/comment/12#comment-12)

* I think the item titles should be in black, but everything below them should be grey. That makes it easier to read through the list of items.

* IMHO, I think the item list is not compact enough (when in portrait mode or when on the right in landscape mode). Here are some suggestions to change that.

** Display only two lines as follows. Title on top. Then "author (date) publication" on the second line (in grey as I mentioned above).

**If two lines are unacceptable, then consider only three.

** Make the thickness of each item about the same as when the items are listed on the left.

** Don't use such big icons. (Especially since most items don't have icons. Are you planning on putting in the Zotero icons?)

** Consider not putting all that other information like doi and retrieved by date.

** If there is no date, don't put (no date). (And if using a separate line for author (date) and there is none (as in many of my webpage snap shots), then just move other stuff up a line.

** If the text wraps to a fifth line (as happens currently with some long webpage names), then don't let it. Because the very top of the fifth line of text shows up, and it looks bad.

** Or consider using columns. There is plenty of room available...