Drupal allows you to create very complex forms. That is handy for site builders and programmers however not always for users.
One field policy probably started with google but it was perfected by time management tools like http://rememberthemilk.com , http://wunderlist.com and others. They started using one field with key symbols to actually fill multiple fields. Here are some examples:

rememberthemilk.com input field example.
Look at the input field

They started using semantic tags for defining certain values:
List of semantic values form wundrlist.com

Drupal already has tokens for semantic values and automatic field suggestion only thing missing is adding a new parameter for fields the key.

I think, that simplification of user input is one of the most important things for such a complex tool as Drupal.

If anybody have some suggestions or a strong opinion about it please comment.

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