Today I came across an excellent jQuery plug-in called Autobox (demo) and instantly thought that it would be a large improvement to the current comma separated tagging in the taxonomy module. I've found that users are confused by the idea of separating tags with commas, especially since there is nothing obvious in the UI to tell them they are doing it right or wrong. The number of malformed tags on d.o issue tracking confirms this.
Related Links / Issues:
http://drupal.org/project/active_tags (D6 module that implements a similar interface)
#192696: UI simplification for taxonomy addition
#91074: Use spaces for free tagging (usability)
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| #1 | autobox_ui.png | 27.72 KB | rickvug |
| #1 | wordpress_tag_ui.png | 16.87 KB | rickvug |
Comments
Comment #1
rickvug commentedNevermind my mention of #192696: UI simplification for taxonomy addition. After reading again it is clear that is another issue.
I've attached 2 screenshots. One is of Autobox, the other is Wordpress' tagging ui.
Comment #2
sunComment #3
nod_#1271622: Seek a better autocomplete replacement for core (jQuery TokenInput / Select2 / Typeahead.js by Twitter)