Edit Page - Field Comments
It would be nice if, for each major page that has an edit button (profiles, donations, vouchers, etc), we could have a corresponding system data version of the page were we could write comments for each data field (perhaps in some kind of markup where we could also bold, italisize, color change/highlight). Just a textbox for each field that allowed us to insert comments for them that would then display during the actual use of that page.
In use, when a person hits "Edit" for the page in the data side of the system, the notes could be displayed so that they could see it. Maybe a person could set a flag on or off for themselves that would toggle the display of the commentary. It would just be a helpful way to ensure uniform use of conventions, and sharing of important knowledge inside the org, and lower the barriers to correct entry for staff that lack experience in that particular area of the system? Sometimes we get really nuanced uses for particular fields and I find myself having to go look up stuff separately when it would be nice for our own documentation to display there. Or we figure out something we need to do in order to use the system in a specific way for a particular field and instead of trying to communicate it to everyone in the org regardless of whether they are ready to receive it... it could just be right there when they need it?
I have attached an example for what this might look like on the user end:
Stan Lovelace
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