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[denise]

I think I've finally figured out one of the questions I need to ask in order to work through the next project bit I need to do:

So, you've loaded the update page and you are about to write an entry. What steps, and in what order, do you do it in?

For instance, for me it's:

1. Pick journal to post to.
2. Write entry.
3. Pick subject.
4. Add tags.
5. Change comment settings if necessary.
6. Pick security level if other than default.
7. Preview, if there's anything more complicated than a few links.
8. Hit post.
9. Immediately view entry to make sure it isn't fucked.

(You'll notice the lack of 'pick icon' or 'add mood/music' -- I never do.)

What's yours?

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[anatsuno]

1 write entry
2 add tags
3 look for the icon picker down there, don't find it, scroll up to pick icon
4 while I'm there, chec/pick journal (if I'm posting to a community, I might have scrolled up for the express purpose of picking the right comm before the icon picking happens.)
5 try to come up with a subject
6 write then erase then rewrite the subject
7 realize I forgot a tag, add it
7.5 (sometimes) go back to the icon, ponder another possibility, make a choice for a second time
8 check the crossposting tickies
9 pick the appropriate locking/filtering level
10 ignore spellcheck completely
10.5 (sometimes) click Preview mistakenly, thinking I'm clicking Post
11 post
12 ponder viewing entry to check, usually close that tab instead
13 reload my Droll, on which my entry should now appear
14+ notice typos/mistakes and open entry to edit it in a new tab, cursing my sloppy self (ad lib as necessary).

[glittertine]

Yeah, step 3. Me too. Every single time. >_>

Also, I sometimes - meaning maybe one in eight entries - write an entry, realise I don't like any of my uploaded icons, and go to upload or make one. I have been known to spend much longer on tweaking an icon to be just right for a post than I did on writing the post itself.