The read-edit view for nodes

To enhance the usability of Drupal, one useful addition would be a read-edit view. This view would be a new node template that allows in-place editing of the node. By clicking or otherwise gesturing on any field of the node (title, body, tags, CCK fields, even separate paragraphs of long text fields) this field would display its own editing block to allow the authorized user to edit it. Once edited, the view would enter "editing" mode:

• A star is displayed next to the title
• A "save" button is afforded to save the changes
• A "revert" or "cancel" button is afforded to cancel the changes
• Navigating out of the node is guarded by a confirmation prompt that changes will be lost
• An autosave mechanism can be activated