One to file under Really Lame Feature Requests That No One Should Vote For. ;) A few differences I consistently run into between adding IDs on the Observation Detail page and Identify that would be helpful to standardize. On the Observation Detail page… If you start typing a comment, but switch t…

Thanks, looks like this was implemented as well. :)

[image] cmcheatle: I’m not even sure how you would label a single interface ’ interact with observation’? if a label is necessary, i think i would use “Identify or Comment”.

I’m not saying these wouldn’t be good additions, but I’m curious how often people are making IDs on the observation detail page rather than identify?

I do often. Especially in response to notifications like someone adding a finer ID to an ob or someone @ mentioning me to help them out, etc. Also, if I want to add an ob to a traditional project, then I have to open the ob and may as well ID it there etc. Really hope we can add to projects on th…

I still don’t like the identify page, always use the observations detail pages (I do periodically try identify to see if it is better :-)

i occasionally use Identify, but I prefer using Explore + observation detail for most day-to-day identifying. i’m using mostly a touch device without physical keyboard. so i don’t get any benefits from keyboard shortcuts. pinch zooming in on photos works better (is less glitchy) from the observati…

[image] tiwane: I’m not saying these wouldn’t be good additions, but I’m curious how often people are making IDs on the observation detail page rather than identify? I always add IDs from the observation detail page when I find something on the dashboard from a user I’m following that I can…

Thanks for the feedback, all. Although it hasn’t gotten many votes, this seems straightforward so I’ll make issues for them. [image] karoopixie: When one clicks on the tab, one still needs to click in the field to give it focus. I don’t think we can implement this because it would then autom…

[image] karoopixie: Also, if I want to add an ob to a traditional project, then I have to open the ob and may as well ID it there etc. Really hope we can add to projects on the Identify page at some point {hint hint ;-)} I agree and would also suggest, as a workaround for this request but als…

[image] jeanphilippeb: add a link from the Identify page to the Observation page , View should take you directly to the Observation page [image]

Standardize adding IDs from Observation Detail page vs. Identify

Feature Requests

jwidness December 11, 2019, 1:43pm 25

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Make deleting and comment-adding easier in identification portal Feature Requests under-review	22	1986	July 21, 2025
Allow editing of IDs to add comments directly within identify mode Feature Requests web , identify , under-review	18	557	July 15, 2025
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Make the My Identifications tab operate the same way as the My Observations tab Feature Requests	19	1303	July 3, 2023
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Standardize adding IDs from Observation Detail page vs. Identify

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