The "Popular first" / "Newer first" sort option is confusing. When it says "Popular first" it is actually currently sorting by "Newer first" and when it says "Newer first" it is actually sorting by "Popular first". It is actually operating as "Switch to Popular first" and "Switch to Newer first" - but even then the user would not know the type of current sort that is being currently shown.
It should be made so that it is intead a dropdown with the text telling the current sort being shown. And then with a dropdown arrow similar to how the "Display X entries" operates to give the user his/her other options.
I agree it is a bit confusing and probably would be better to swap current labels.
I'm not sure adding a dropdown would help a lot - what would it contain, only one element?
So if the list is currently sorted as "Popular first", then the dropdown would contain "Newest first".
Perhaps modifying the label to "Sort by popularity date" and whichever is active (popularity/date), it would show as inactive, e.g. as gray. That would still look weird a bit and would require much more space.
I think swapping the labels would be just enough. Current solution is from the first verion of TPFC website and it is bulletproof as it works without JavaScript.
tproli wrote:
Perhaps modifying the label to "Sort by popularity date" and whichever is active (popularity/date), it would show as inactive, e.g. as gray. That would still look weird a bit and would require much more space.
