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Re: listing Found series
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Reply to: #963226 by airstream dreams
Jul 31, 2018 8:34am
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My suggestion is a one click button to list all found in a series, instead of clicking each box in the series 20 times.

Personally, I don't think it's a major effort to go down the list and click each box in the series that was actually found. Having a "one-click" for the series seems too easy to click off, when actually, maybe not all the boxes were available, or some were skipped to save time, or passed by because someone else was busy stamping it, or the finder stopped short of completing the series, or whatever. It probably takes 6-8 seconds to click the boxes individually, instead of 1 second to 'click all' . . . not much of a savings for the trade-off in accuracy. IMHO
Re: listing Found series
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Reply to: #963226 by airstream dreams
Jul 31, 2018 9:06am
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One click to check them all
one click to remind 'em
one click to toot your horn
that you in fact did find 'em

Rhy Me
with Tolkien spinning in his grave
Re: listing Found series
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Reply to: #963226 by airstream dreams
Jul 31, 2018 12:10pm
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I would like to add support for this request as a planter of series. Often, people log finding the series and even leave a nice note, but they forget to check any of the boxes. I have to confess to doing that, as well. I think a one click option might help that situation.
Re: listing Found series
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Reply to: #963238 by Mosaic Butterfly
Jul 31, 2018 5:45pm
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{Often, people log finding the series and even leave a nice note, but they forget to check any of the boxes. I have to confess to doing that, as well.}

I thought I was the only one who did that! I think I've even done it more than once........so I'm also adding my support for a one-click option for series.
Re: listing Found series
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Reply to: #963238 by Mosaic Butterfly
Jul 31, 2018 6:05pm
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Often, people log finding the series and even leave a nice note, but they forget to check any of the boxes.

What about if the default is that nothing is selected. Then if you try to submit something without even changing it to "note" you get a message about that. That way, in order to submit a log you will at least have to change something.
Re: listing Found series
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Reply to: #963226 by airstream dreams
Jul 31, 2018 7:47pm
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I'm not a fan of this idea only cause I've hosted an event and attended many.
It really frustrating when people check them all and I know for a fact that they did not find the box. As a planter and a hostess, I put a lot of effort into them being found. It's like cheating to me .
And yes I know this is a hobby and I should not worry, but I do.
Re: listing Found series
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Reply to: #963238 by Mosaic Butterfly
Aug 1, 2018 2:16am
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Perhaps, once a finder clicks "Record Find" on the listing, the default should be that all the individual boxes in a series are already checked. You'd have the option to change the check to attempted or N/A as appropriate.

Or perhaps, if you click on "Record Find" and then try to close up without checking any boxes, AQ should remind you that you need to check boxes.
Re: listing Found series
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Reply to: #963276 by Robertson Clan
Aug 1, 2018 6:57am
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But if you click them all but did not find box 5 , then change box 5 to not found. You have then clicked twice for a 20 box series instead of clicking 20 times.

I never meant to suggest you would leave found on boxes you did not find.:)
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Reply to: #963230 by Wise Wanderer
Aug 1, 2018 7:04am
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Once you click the find all , then change box 5 that you didn't find (for all the reasons you mentioned ) to not found. You have then clicked twice instead of 20 times.
My fat fingers are not so good for clicking on small cell phone.
I never intended to suggest adding boxes one didn't find ☺