Forms! What are they good for?
Submitted by valen on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 00:14.
I don't know if this is maybe a personal thing or not but what are the forms really good for? They don't add anything to the overall functionality of the program and are limited in their capabilities. Seems to me that it is a waste of a tab. As well, why have a page dedicated to tags maybe a tag cloud would work better?
If you could create actual forms, they would be more functional.
That way you could get feedback on specific items.
I think a simple admin/config flag to show/hide the Forms tab is in order...
I agree 100%, they have little value that I have seen. It would be nice to see the ability to remove it from the interface.
You can add this to the rewrites.css file of the theme you are using:
li#tabbed_navigation_item_forms {
display:none;
}
It's a quick and dirty fix, but will rid you of the Forms tab for now. ;-)
Although the concept of forms is very basic on PP, it can come in handy.
For example, you can create a message called "Hours", and then create a form called "Hours Tracked". You can use the form to quickly fill out "task - total hours" and keep track of your time that way (whether for internal or billing purposes).
Similarly, you can keep records of calls, issues, etc.
It all just takes a bit of creativity.
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-V.