Suggestion: One-click "add to my collection"

[jgrn307]

It'd be nice when you are looking at comics in the database to be able to, with a single click, add a comic to your collection with some default options (near mint, bagged, etc -- they could be setup in your preferences). You could have an "add comic to your collection" and a "add comic to your collection and edit details" or something.

[Indy]

Hmm, I could see the usefulness of this for some people, but I would never use it.

[jgrn307]

Yeah, it depends on how you are using this database. For instance, I'm not worrying about the grading of the book, whether its been bagged or boxed, or whether I've read it already, I just want a list of books I have. The biggest hurdle of this (and any comics) database is when you have to enter a LOT of books (the initial entry), and there are a bunch of places where it could be made much more efficient. A couple of other ways to speed up rapid data entry:

1) "Next issue" goes to the actual next issue, and skips variants. Looking at variants should be a different button.
2) On this line, seeing all the variants on a single page (with a single-click "add to my collection" under each of them) might be helpful.
3) Some way of quickly jumping to different "types" under a given title -- e.g. "Individual issues", "TPBs", "Annuals" -- something like that. For those of us who read books that have been around for awhile (Superman, Batman, 2000 A.D.) its quite a scroll to get to those other types of books.
4) Add a range of issues should be a text box ON each page rather than a link taking you to another page. This way the range can be quickly entered, and you don't have to hit back a few times to continue entering.

--j

[Shigun]

I think it would be quite helpful on top of what is there now. This functionality was suggested before though, and since it has not made it to the site yet I have doubts that it will come around this time. I think Chris needs to get another code monkey or two. I can't recall the last time any new functionality was added to the site.

If you dig around the threads someone suggested a new page layout where all variants displayed on one page. It was a good idea (I hate hitting 'Next' and end up going through a bunch of variants myself.

[Indy]

I actually just add the date purchased and where, and for what price when it comes to incentive variants. If we could set defaults I could use it to a certain point, and it would work nicely.