ordering in folder_contents and folder_listing: opinions wanted

Hi all,

Plone 2 introduced ordered folders, and gave us a new folder_contents 
with the up/down triangles to manage the order. Very nice to group 
related folders in the menu. However, we lost the ordering links 
available in plone 1.x.

If have implemented about 5 sites with plone 2, and a universal 
complaint from the content editors is that as soon as a folder gets more 
than 20 entries it becomes a pain. The item is added add the bottom of 
the folder causing many 'next 20 items' clicks to come to it.

In addition often the most recent item is more relevant for the end 
users than older items. Therefore in most cases it should appear on the 
top of the list instead of the bottom. If an editor wants to achieve 
that now in a folder with 50 items he/she has to press 50 times on the 
up triangle. He/she will not be happy..


Would it be a good idea to change the default for new content to be 
inserted at the top of a container instead of added at the bottom? I 
think that would suit general usage case better than the current setup.

Related to this would be re-introducing the ordering links in 
folder_contents. However should these change the order of the items in 
the container or just give a different view allowing the editor to reach 
a certain piece of content quicker?

Regards, Lucas




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