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An extra bit of feedback, those auto-scrolling "feedback" vertical button things are incredibly annoying, especially on mobile devices and/or small screens. The
by Kliment 16y ago
An extra bit of feedback, those auto-scrolling "feedback" vertical button things are incredibly annoying, especially on mobile devices and/or small screens. They obscure part of the page, can't be scrolled out of the way, can't be (easily) switched off, and are also a huge slowdown when scrolling, again particularly on mobile devices. It's also unclear what clicking it will do. Will it take me to another page so I lose the context I'm in, will it open a popover form, will it open a menu? Is said "feedback" targeted at the current protocol/page or at the site itself? I recommend getting rid of this, or at least moving it to the top menu. Sorry, minor nitpick, but I've been so frustrated by these unremovable auto-scrolling things obscuring information I actually need to see.
Oh, and as for the linking, you might want to check out how Ravelry does it (Ravelry is a site for knitters to organize their projects at). They have a text field where you can type in the name of a yarn/designer/pattern, and a link button. Clicking the link button pops up a little box where it searches for anything with a similar name in the respective database, and you can click on a search result to auto-populate and link the field to the result.