Quantity and units (of groceries)

[jiaaro]

Goal: Don't complicate the UI in the simple case

Design problems to solve:

1. Parse quantity when it’s in the "name" of the grocery.
   • Suggestion engine needs to consider varying quantities of an item "half gallon milk", "gallon milk" to be the same stuff. They're both milk.
   • Data entered through Reminders app (in the past, via Siri, or on Mac, iPad, or iCloud.com) may contain quantity info.
   • When saving data back into reminders, everything has to become one string of text again.
2. A way to change the quantity once an item is added to your list
3. MAYBE: The quick "add grocery" flow adds the grocery as soon as you tap the item. Add a way to set quantity at that step? OR keep that as-is and rely on modifying quantity once it's on the list?

[jiaaro]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12413705/parsing-natural-language-ingredient-quantities-for-recipes

[jiaaro]

These are all "eggs":

• 12 eggs
• eggs
• eggs x 10
• 2 dozen eggs

not eggs:

• egg nog
• candy eggs

These are all "milk":

• milk
• gallon of milk
• half gallon of milk
• milk - 2 gallons
• milk 3/4 cup
• milk 1/2 gallon
• half gallon milk
• 18 oz milk

not milk:

• milk thistle
• chocolate milk
• evaporated milk
• goats milk