riparias/gbif-alert

Add new user preference: species name

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niconoe commented

This is somewhat similar to #220, please read this first.

We'll soon have 4 names for each species: scientific name + vernacular names in 3 languages. It becomes more and more difficult to decide what we should show to the user.

  • (Showing 4 names side-by-side would make the interface crowded, let's avoid this)
  • We could always display the scientific name + vernacular name in the currently selected language. That works, but I am worried some places will become crowded (the observations table, for example)

Therefore, I am wondering if we shouldn't ask users in their registration/profile if they prefer scientific or vernacular names, and respect their choice in the web pages / emails (the other name would still be accessible less directly, for example by hovering the displayed name).

Would that be a good idea?

damianooldoni commented

Very pertinent question. Up to now we tried to avoid such issue by showing only EN vernacular names in species list. However, we knew this solution was a valid although temporary solution (= good for v1).

Here my two cents:

  • using always scientific name + vernacular name in the chosen language (see #220)
  • splitting scientific name and vernacular name as two separate columns in observations table (table view). Merging lat/lon (see #218) could help to have more space in the table

I think in this way we avoid an extra option in the sign up/My profile page which could be quite confusing as we already ask the users to set their preferred language.

The only case my solution will not work is when a user wants to see vernacular names in different language than the language used to show all the rest. Quite a strange wish isn't?

niconoe commented

Yep, that's fine for me! So, let's not add this preference for now, just do smaller changes so both names (scientific + vernacular in selected language) are shown everywhere, without too much overlap / heavy screens.

damianooldoni commented

Yes, let's start with the most reasonable (and feasible) option. I have a meeting on Thursday with some LIFE RIPARIAS users to give them an update about the progress done and plans for the short/long term. I will mention the language aspects of course. I will translate their useful feedback in specific comments on Github issues.
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