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Checkin + go private UI suggestion for clarity
Here's a proposed UI improvement for checking in and going private:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryj...
Right now it's extremely problematic that this is a separate/two-stage process. There are at least two reasons for this:
1. when I check in somewhere, Brightkite broadcasts that immediately to my friends. If I want that location to be private, and click the slider, it would have been too late -- my location would already be revealed (yes, this has happened to me).
2. If I need to click the privacy toggle FIRST and THEN checkin, I'm confused, because I might not want the previous place where I was to be made private! Confusing!
The issue is that you've confused state with location, or separated them in an unnatural/uncomfortable way. Really when you change locations, you also want to change your privacy option -- or have the option to do so. When you save a bookmark to Ma.gnolia, you have the option to make the bookmark private, AS YOU ARE SAVING IT, not after you broadcast it to everyone!
Anyway, check out my proposed UI. It needs work, but should start the conversation.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryj...
Right now it's extremely problematic that this is a separate/two-stage process. There are at least two reasons for this:
1. when I check in somewhere, Brightkite broadcasts that immediately to my friends. If I want that location to be private, and click the slider, it would have been too late -- my location would already be revealed (yes, this has happened to me).
2. If I need to click the privacy toggle FIRST and THEN checkin, I'm confused, because I might not want the previous place where I was to be made private! Confusing!
The issue is that you've confused state with location, or separated them in an unnatural/uncomfortable way. Really when you change locations, you also want to change your privacy option -- or have the option to do so. When you save a bookmark to Ma.gnolia, you have the option to make the bookmark private, AS YOU ARE SAVING IT, not after you broadcast it to everyone!
Anyway, check out my proposed UI. It needs work, but should start the conversation.
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Inappropriate?+1here also -
Inappropriate?I agree, this is a very good idea.
Beyond integrating with the web interface, there has to be an analog in SMS, as using SMS with Placemarks is definitely the most expeditious way to check in.
It could be something as simple as:
@home -private
vs:
@Peets -public
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Inappropriate?Chris,
Thanks for the suggestion, that would definitely be an improvement. We think that a sticky toggle on places that you always want to be private, combined with a button like the one you're suggesting, would make sense.
One consideration we always have to take into account is how this works via SMS...we could introduce a private "@", that would accomplish the same thing, but that might get confusing.
We really value your feedback on this and appreciate you taking the time to put this together (looking for a job? :)
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Inappropriate?I was about to start a new thread about this topic, then found this one. I would like to be able to checkin via SMS but include "private" or "public" on to it, if I want to force a state. Sometimes I can't quickly remember what state I set last.
My suggestion is a SMS checkin such as: '@ somelocation private' or '@ somelocation public' .
Of course I haven't completely thought through this yet as I tend to use the "?" sms command to find a location and then checkin with the corresponding numeric response (1, 2, etc.) I suppose the numeric response could be followed by "public" or "private" to force that state.
I'm curious to finally see what you guys put together on this.
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