Saturday, 8 August 2009

Feature: Direct access to public accounts by name

With more than 2500 public accounts, it takes almost forever for the list of public accounts to load. This is very irritating to people who regularly check on their friends' progress. What I'd like to do is add the ability, when viewing a public account, to check a box to make it (or remove it from being) a ``friend''. In the Utilities page, a drop-down list of friends will be displayed, from which you can select a public account to access with a single click. To address the immediate problem, until I manage to put all of this machinery in place, I've added a simple text box and ``View'' button below the ``Browse public user accounts'' item in the Utilities menu. The user can simply enter the name of the public account in the text field and press the button to go directly to the account. This isn't as convenient as a list of friends, but it's a lot better than waiting for the monster form to load. The direct name access form is also included in the Utilities page displayed when viewing a public account, allowing direct transfer from one public account to another.

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