# Planned change for the EMERSE interface -- remove "Quick Terms"

**URL:** <https://discourse.project-emerse.org/t/planned-change-for-the-emerse-interface-remove-quick-terms/61>\
**Category:** New Features\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.project-emerse.org/t/planned-change-for-the-emerse-interface-remove-quick-terms/61 "2020-10-28T13:51:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.project-emerse.org/t/planned-change-for-the-emerse-interface-remove-quick-terms/61/1 "2020-10-28T13:51:19Z")

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Planned change to the EMERSE user interface: Remove the “Quick terms” entry screen that allows for free text entry of terms.

Background: We currently have three different interfaces for entering terms:

1. Quick Terms:

2. Bundles:

3. Advanced Terms

Change:

- Remove the Quick terms feature, which will “force” users to leverage the more powerful Bundles feature, and leave a more unified, simpler interface
- Most uses only enter a few terms on their own anyway, and leverage the Synonyms for broader query expansion
- The “quick terms” was always meant to be a quick way to enter terms on a non-saved, temporary basis so that they are not saved between sessions. We will make one of the “bundles” special in that sense, so it will not be saved between sessions and won’t fill up a users list of Bundles unless they choose to save it.
- We will rename “Bundles” to something that is clearer for users such as “Term List”

Some screen shots with commentary are also included to illustrate the issues.

Both interfaces are for entering terms for “average” users. But they look completely different  
Left: Quick Terms, Right: Term Bundles

 ![screen 1 comments](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/emerse/original/1X/47d6029091f1c7999214d9f1e230fea8f31e2e69.png)

The Quick Terms (left) and Advanced terms (right) look almost identical but they work very differently

 ![screen 2 comments](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/emerse/original/1X/a6083e5dd09feabf5e32a489afba985dc6ca1c35.png)

Accessing the Synonyms feature from quick terms requires clicking on the terms here (shown with arrow on left side).  
The Synonyms feature looks just like the bundles, which can be confusing for users since the interface completely changes from the Quick Terms check box

 ![screen 3 comments](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/emerse/original/1X/37b7ac9031b1d63fba361538dedf2eba52e39965.png)

With a unified interface, after removing Quick Terms, all term entry for regular users will be through this interface. The concepts of a “temporary”, non-saved list of terms will still be there, noted by the grayed out options circled below, and the “Save as Term Bundle” button which will also be renamed to make it clearer.

 ![screen 4 comments](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/emerse/original/1X/bfa91d79b1d082a64623738faaf381de855a1e18.png)