Custom Record Terms (Names) for records.

[Joseph_Roza]

What is the proposed idea/solution?

Let us create custom terms for records in tables in addition to selecting from the predefined list. 

How does is solve the user problems?

The list provides a great starting point for record names, but too often terms aren't available. For instance, Phone Number isn't an available term, despite having a record field type of Phone Number, and neither is Number. This translates to the interfaces any time an 'Add Record' button appears to a linked record field, which may cause confusion if an intuitive term is not available. This is a relatively small ask (that I do not understand the technical requirements of at all, so please don't misunderstand me) that would go a long way to improve the user experience, especially to those users less tech-savvy than others.

How was this validated?

Every single time I've searched for a term in the pre-defined list of terms for records, I almost always come up empty.

Who is the target audience?

Moreso end users unfamiliar with Airtable who see a button to add/create/link records. 

[ScottWorld]

Yep. This has been one of my biggest complaints.

There are a million nouns in the English language, yet Airtable feels like their 25 pre-selected nouns are enough?

Makes absolutely no sense at all.

Just let us choose our own nouns. It's really as simple as that.

It would be equally crazy if Airtable only gave us 25 names to choose from for our table names! 😂🤣

— ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant

[Joseph_Roza]

Glad you like the idea! I'm sure I'm not the first one who's requested it, and I'm sure it's low on the priority list, but I really think it would help from a usability standpoint, especially those users who are less familiar with Airtable.