[GH-ISSUE #139] Feedback, Improvement suggestions #106

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opened 2026-02-25 21:31:13 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @ciur on GitHub (Sep 27, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/issues/139

Originally assigned to: @ciur on GitHub.

I got this feedback from here:

I'm coming from Paperwork and while I'm still happy with it I wanted to look into similar project with multi user capability.

So here's a list with things which aren't ideal IMHO:

In contrast to Paperwork or Docspell this uses a folder base approach and is really bad at it:

It's missing drag and drop or a context menu which adds five extra steps to every process. Automation helps here but you can't automate all of them in advance.

While cutting and moving pages also has the same problem it's nice to have it and I don't see another good way to do this. You don't see this feature that often.

Modal popup input fields don't get automatic text focus.

Having a multi user setup is pointless if only the superuser inbox is usable.

Fetching emails has to be a user setting.

Maybe watch subdirs for users?

Lack of feedback everywhere
1. Nothing happens when uploading finished.
2. Reloading the page and looking in the document is missing selectable text. Has processing failed or is it still on it? Do I have to retry? How do I let it process the document again? (It's possible to get some of the information in the log section but only if it was somewhat successful)

Scrolling documents to the bottom is a pain. The site has 4 (!) vertical and 3 horizontal scroll bars which activate one after another until you're finally at the bottom.

No fuzzy search. OCR often falsely recognizes characters or words or both and having a fuzzy search is crucial. A bit less than for Paperwork or Docspell because Papermerge uses folders but still important. (Search you demo for "Gesamtbetrag", which it indexed as "Gesantbetrag")

The right side menu (meta) is ugly compared to the other elements.

Automation based on pages will probably bite me later by ripping documents apart. Haven't tried that feature yet though.

Minor thing: No dark theme.

Originally created by @ciur on GitHub (Sep 27, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/issues/139 Originally assigned to: @ciur on GitHub. I got this feedback from [here](https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/issues/135#issuecomment-699570384): > I'm coming from [Paperwork](https://openpaper.work/) and while I'm still happy with it I wanted to look into similar project with multi user capability. > > So here's a list with things which aren't ideal IMHO: > > In contrast to Paperwork or Docspell this uses a folder base approach and is really bad at it: > > - It's missing drag and drop or a context menu which adds five extra steps to every process. Automation helps here but you can't automate all of them in advance. > - While cutting and moving pages also has the same problem it's nice to have it and I don't see another good way to do this. You don't see this feature that often. > - Modal popup input fields don't get automatic text focus. > - Having a multi user setup is pointless if only the superuser inbox is usable. > - Fetching emails has to be a user setting. > - Maybe watch subdirs for users? > - Lack of feedback everywhere > 1. Nothing happens when uploading finished. > 2. Reloading the page and looking in the document is missing selectable text. Has processing failed or is it still on it? Do I have to retry? How do I let it process the document again? (It's possible to get some of the information in the log section but only if it was somewhat successful) > - Scrolling documents to the bottom is a pain. The site has 4 (!) vertical and 3 horizontal scroll bars which activate one after another until you're finally at the bottom. > - No fuzzy search. OCR often falsely recognizes characters or words or both and having a fuzzy search is crucial. A bit less than for Paperwork or Docspell because Papermerge uses folders but still important. (Search you demo for "Gesamtbetrag", which it indexed as "Gesantbetrag") > - The right side menu (meta) is ugly compared to the other elements. > - Automation based on pages will probably bite me later by ripping documents apart. Haven't tried that feature yet though. > - Minor thing: No dark theme. >

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