feat(starterpacks): convert to lists

[joaomendoncaa]

Convert Starter Packs to Lists!

This tackles #5970 (also #5932, and #5940). It might seem like a minor annoyance, but the number of likes on the issue(s) shows it's a concern for a lot of people.

Due to its minor impact, I've added the feature tucked into the OverflowMenu. The motivation is simple; while there's currently no drawback to unreasonable following numbers, managing that following list will become extremely cumbersome in the future if it's flooded with starterpacks — the issue description goes well into detail on the problem.

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to chime in, and feel free to request any changes. 🍻

Feature demo

Arc_73SIzxHiay.mp4

[joaomendoncaa]

This is a great start as is. Would be cool to view a visual sample of the starterpack's list subjects on the modal, but that's out of scope for now.

[haileyok]

Hey @joaomendoncaa! Thanks for the PR! I'll bring this up next week and see what direction we want to take this.

[joaomendoncaa]

Hey @joaomendoncaa! Thanks for the PR! I'll bring this up next week and see what direction we want to take this.

Awesome, appreciate the feedback! Let me know if there's anything in my power to help speed up the process.

[yoavg]

While this is great, I think the usability would be even better if we can change "convert to list" into "add all to list" (either an existing one or a new one, but for the first version it could be only existing ones).

This will allow more flexibility in how starter-packs are used, e.g. if I have a "tech" list and a "history" list, I could add several starter-packs to each one.

[joaomendoncaa]

While this is great, I think the usability would be even better if we can change "convert to list" into "add all to list" (either an existing one or a new one, but for the first version it could be only existing ones).

This will allow more flexibility in how starter-packs are used, e.g. if I have a "tech" list and a "history" list, I could add several starter-packs to each one.

Didn't think of that, that's actually an objectively better version of this — we could make a modal for the purpose (attached sketch). I'd be happy to implement it if any of the members gives me any hint at a potential acceptance for the feature.

[yoavg]

Thanks for considering!

I would change the "Convert" in the title to "Add", and replace "Select your Lists" with "Select lists to add to" (or similar) to make it more self-explaining, but other than that, looks great to me!

[joaomendoncaa]

This is also a great opportunity to add search on the Lists screen (including the modal sketched above).

It's the only problem I'm foreseeing with this direction (ignoring copy, since we can change that at a whim before getting this upstreamed). When the list of Lists starts growing, it will become cumbersome to scroll around looking for a specific list you know you had.

[adamatic-me]

While this is great, I think the usability would be even better if we can change "convert to list" into "add all to list" (either an existing one or a new one, but for the first version it could be only existing ones).

This will allow more flexibility in how starter-packs are used, e.g. if I have a "tech" list and a "history" list, I could add several starter-packs to each one.

This was my exact thinking when I made request #5932.

In that issue, I tried to really think through reusing as many existing UI concepts as possible.

In any case, really glad that someone is working on this! yay!