Pocket issues: Tagging, recents vs. alpha sort, 7.56.0.0 Android
I’m using the GetPocket Android app on an Android 10 e-ink device, the Onyx BOOX Max Lumi.
Pocket version is 7.56.0.0
As of a few updates ago, behaviour and functionality of article tagging has changed with regards to how many alpha-sorted vs. recently-used tags are presented, both when tagging is initiated and during incremental search as a specific tag name is spelled out.
I’m not sure precisely when this happened as there does not seem to be a readily-evident public release history of the GetPocket Android application, which is disappointing.
(Per Wesley / Dread Pirate Roberts, I’ve gotten used to disappointment.)
… oh, wait, APK mirror does show this — 7.550.0 was released 2 Feb 2022, 7.54.0.0 on 16 Jan 2022. I believe the change hit with 7.54.0.0. Changelogs for both indicate “minor fixes and improvements”. This is a poor release notice practice, for what it’s worth.
Up until a month or two ago, when initiating or entering tags, a large portion of the listed tags were recently-entered. As I’m often tagging a set of articles based on a similar topic or set of topics, this was useful and greatly speeded up tagging. As of the recent change, 2–3 app updates back, I’m seeing only 3 recent suggestions.
And as I spell out tags, I’m finding that the suggestions are similarly alpha-sorted rather than recent-sorted. As one of the tagging conventions I’ve adopted has been to enter a filed-on date “filed: 2022-03-21” for example), this means re-typing that entry each time I’m filing an article on a given date.
PLEASE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RECENTLY-USED TAGS AND LIST INCREMENTAL-SEARCH TAGS ON THE BASIS OF RECENT OR PREFERABLY: FREQUENT USE.
The ergonomics of this subtle change are dramatic and bad.
Thank you.
https://help.getpocket.com/search?query=tags
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