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paulo at digitalcraftsmen

Aug 19, 2009, 5:18 AM

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default asset sort direction

Hi,

When sorting by cover_date it makes most sense to me to sort descending
rather than ascending so that the newest stuff is at the top. I can
understand everything else being ascending by default but not cover_date.

What are people's thoughts on changing this to sort descending by default
when cover date is the field being searched on ? I know I could make it a
preference setting but in this case I believe that Bricolage is doing the
wrong thing and the UI should be changed.

regards,

Paul

david at kineticode

Aug 19, 2009, 9:40 AM

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Re: default asset sort direction [In reply to]

On Aug 19, 2009, at 5:18 AM, Paul Orrock wrote:

> When sorting by cover_date it makes most sense to me to sort
> descending rather than ascending so that the newest stuff is at the
> top. I can understand everything else being ascending by default but
> not cover_date.

Well, SQL defaults to ASC, so we do, too.

> What are people's thoughts on changing this to sort descending by
> default when cover date is the field being searched on ? I know I
> could make it a preference setting but in this case I believe that
> Bricolage is doing the wrong thing and the UI should be changed.

I don't think we should special case anything. And sometimes I do want
ASC, such as in a weekly archive story.

In short, -1 from me.

Best,

David

phillip at communitybandwidth

Aug 23, 2009, 12:33 PM

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Re: default asset sort direction [In reply to]

On 19-Aug-09, at 1:40 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:

>> What are people's thoughts on changing this to sort descending by
>> default when cover date is the field being searched on ? I know I
>> could make it a preference setting but in this case I believe that
>> Bricolage is doing the wrong thing and the UI should be changed.
>
> I don't think we should special case anything. And sometimes I do
> want ASC, such as in a weekly archive story.

I have to admit that, specifically in the Bricolage UI, I find it
_very_ annoying that stories on desks aren't sorted reverse
chronologically by default (which is how I'd like to view them 98% of
the time).

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david at kineticode

Aug 23, 2009, 2:30 PM

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Re: default asset sort direction [In reply to]

On Aug 23, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Phillip Smith wrote:

> I have to admit that, specifically in the Bricolage UI, I find it
> _very_ annoying that stories on desks aren't sorted reverse
> chronologically by default (which is how I'd like to view them 98%
> of the time).

That's a different issue. What do others think?

David

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