Hi,
This is something that I've been looking for a long time: Twitter/Facebook-like status messages. So thatnk you very much!!!

But the moment that I installed it, I realised that it's not very user friendly and not intuitive enough to be used on a live site.

My suggestion for improvement is to use the existing ajax to make it more simple and intuitive, while having Facebook status as a model for development.

Right now, there are TOO many instructions for end-users to read in the block. They actually have to read the instructions, and then choose "I wanna pick my own dodge", and only then type their custom dodge/status. This is extremely user-unfriendly! Instead, it would propose to do it as on facebook:

On a profile page there's a simple link that asks "What are you doing right now?". As soon as the user clicks it, with a bit of ajax magic, we would see Username is: .... and a free_dodge form at the top with fixed_dodge options listed below. Once the dodge status is entered, it will immediately be displayed in the place of the previous "What are you doing right now?" question (with a "Change status" link next to it.
The way that Facebook is doing it is close to perfection, because it's simple, intuitive and with no lengthy instructions. And from the way that Dodge module is written, it can easily mimic that facebook user-friendliness.

I wonder if this facebook-style dodge could be achieved?

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My other suggestion is to make dodge more "Social" - i.e. in the context of "Friends":
A) write a small snippet with which we could insert Dodge status into Buddylist listings, or in the context of User Relationships module.
B) Display dodge status in the profile listings under the username on example.com/profile
c) enable optional "display dodge free form" at the top of profile pages, for those Drupalers who do not have a custom profile_page.tpl

Thanks again for a great module

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netboss’s picture

netboss commented

I'm looking for the same functionality... subscribing.

drupalina’s picture

drupalina commented

Hi,

if it helps to develop this module further, the AJAX functionality that I described above is already available in a module called Community Tags http://drupal.org/project/community_tags

The AJAX there makes it extremely user friendly to add items (or change the existing item). (it has problems working in IE6, but at least it's something) Maybe you could copy some of their AJAX code for the Dodge module?

vm’s picture

vm commented

I believe you both may want to investigate the facebook_status.module which is released by another maintainer.

davyvdb’s picture

davyvdb commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

A link to this module: http://drupal.org/project/facebook_status

I've put a small announcment on the project page of dodge suggesting this module.