Platform(s), such as mobile, website, API, other: website
URLs (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: Identify modal
Description of need:
When viewing observation pages, the Annotations are present along with other observation info on one page. However, when using the Identify modal, the Annotations are present on their own tab out of necessity. Checking for the presence/status of annotations requires clicking on the tab with the mouse or using keyboard shortcuts. Both actions are quick, but the time can add up if doing a lot of IDing. Depending on how one is using Identify, a user might need to switch the tabs back and forth.
In many cases when annotating, one finds that the annotations have already been added. When this happens, the time to move over to the annotation tab/back is somewhat wasted (especially if the IDer isn’t interested in adding votes to existing annotations). It would be useful to have some indication of whether annotations are already present for an observation when on another tab to assess whether one should go to the Annotations tab at all.
Feature request details:
I propose adding a small number, perhaps in parentheses after “Annotations” representing the number of annotation fields added to the observation [e.g., (2) for two annotations if an observation has both Sex and Life Stage annotated].
This isn’t a perfect indicator of annotation information. However, it seems like there is plenty of room in the tab title for a numeral, it would be easy to calculate, and it wouldn’t clutter the interface. If one looks at an observation in the default view and can see that there are no annotations, one can be certain that going to the annotation tab will allow them to enter useful data. Knowing the number of annotations might help in making the decision whether to move to the Annotations tab/add additional observations. I’d also be in favor of other options to add visual information about Annotations to the tab title (a way to show whether the observation has any annotations or not, etc.)