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Hmm, I didn't even know about that module. I gather it remembers the last filter somebody used, whereas Default Filter defaults to the same thing each time. In one way, they're different approaches to the same problem. In another, my module does solve one additional problem. Say you've got a group of people who always get shoved into one role (execs, say). Any time a new person needs to add content, they have to be trained what input format to use, and they have to do it once using the other module in order for it to stick, and they forget anyway, the result being that you have to go back in and edit posts and re-train users, etc. My module allows admins to define a role-based (and content-type-based) setting, resulting in transparency. The exec never has to think about filters because the right one is always selected for him from the first time he posts, provided you added him to the correct role. Whether this issue is something most will see is debatable, but my writing this module made my CEO happy, so I thought I'd share it. :)
Thanks for the explanation, and for sharing your work. I've been using Remember Filter for the problem that Default Filter is designed to fix, and I like your approach with Default Filter.
It would be great to see Default Filter merge with Remember Filter. I imagine setting a default input format and if or when a user changes it to something else, then the other input format would be preselected the next time.
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dllh commentedHmm, I didn't even know about that module. I gather it remembers the last filter somebody used, whereas Default Filter defaults to the same thing each time. In one way, they're different approaches to the same problem. In another, my module does solve one additional problem. Say you've got a group of people who always get shoved into one role (execs, say). Any time a new person needs to add content, they have to be trained what input format to use, and they have to do it once using the other module in order for it to stick, and they forget anyway, the result being that you have to go back in and edit posts and re-train users, etc. My module allows admins to define a role-based (and content-type-based) setting, resulting in transparency. The exec never has to think about filters because the right one is always selected for him from the first time he posts, provided you added him to the correct role. Whether this issue is something most will see is debatable, but my writing this module made my CEO happy, so I thought I'd share it. :)
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Christefano-oldaccount commentedThanks for the explanation, and for sharing your work. I've been using Remember Filter for the problem that Default Filter is designed to fix, and I like your approach with Default Filter.
It would be great to see Default Filter merge with Remember Filter. I imagine setting a default input format and if or when a user changes it to something else, then the other input format would be preselected the next time.
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Christefano-oldaccount commented