Monday, May 11, 2009

[The Hit List Users] Re: Feature Request Process

Yes, I agree... a solution for one problem creates a new problem in a
different area. Let's see how it goes. Thanks.

On May 11, 4:13 pm, Howard Melman <hmel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think we'll stick with Moderator for now and see how it works out.
>
> I had thought about just one big topic and debated. Given the size of  
> the feature request page, I didn't think people would go through the  
> whole list and the top suggestions would just keep getting more votes.  
> With a small number of suggestions I agree, it's more annoying. With  
> lots of suggestions, I think the categories work better (but am open  
> to other suggestions).
>
> I wish Google would let you see all suggestions across all topics at  
> once, but I can't control. that.
>
> Howard
>
> On May 11, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Nic wrote:
>
>
>
> > Sorry, one more thing:
>
> > UserVoice also allows Andy to manage the requests and report back to
> > us by adding statuses (e.g. under consideration, planned, rejected for
> > now, etc.).
>
> > I'm not trying to promote it specifically, because I understand the
> > logic of staying with Google... but I thought it might just make your
> > lives easier!
>
> > On May 11, 12:58 pm, Nic <ncfletc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> In reply to Marlyse, it appears that uservoice is the exact service
> >> that Nambu was using.
>
> >> However, I didn't notice the Google Moderator, which while not quite
> >> as fully-featured as UserVoice (because I really like the concept of
> >> being limited to a certain number of votes - a better way to try and
> >> judge what is really popular, and it has some functionality to reduce
> >> the chance of duplicates), I am very happy to use.
>
> >> But just one piece of feedback Howard. Moderator makes us go through
> >> each category separately. I would be much more likely to view and  
> >> vote
> >> more frequently if there were less categories (or if Google allowed  
> >> to
> >> browse all categories at once).
>
> >> On May 10, 3:08 pm, Marlyse Comte <mstud...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> I like the idea of tracking all the requests and then also kind of
> >>> turning it into a poll (no matter what the developer does with the
> >>> data).
>
> >>> On one of my sites, athttp://www.mStudiosTALK.comIuseUserVoice. It
> >>> gives a lightbox window directly on the site for input and when
> >>> navigated to it, it looks like this:http://mstudios.uservoice.com/pages/7593-general
> >>> ]. It is really simple to implement and works really well for  
> >>> tracking
> >>> user requests (of course also not foolproof) - seems to be similar
> >>> like the Nambu forum you're talking about, but this one is free:http://uservoice.com/
> >>>   if used for 1 forum and up to 500 votes a month (with all the
> >>> MacHeist bundle users possibly too low).
>
> >>> Anyways, this would be also maybe a good option.
>
> >>> ---marlyse
>
> >>> On May 10, 2009, at 7:07 AM, Nic wrote:
>
> >>>> FYI (and for anyone else), I have been using a Twitter client  
> >>>> (Nambu)
> >>>> that has a cool forum feature (which you can buy... link are on the
> >>>> page), where users can add requests and vote for them, which only  
> >>>> 10
> >>>> active votes at any one time, and a max of only 3 votes to any one
> >>>> feature request. When adding a feature request it also searches for
> >>>> others that are similar, before letting you add one. It's not
> >>>> foolproof, but for a small business where your focus is on  
> >>>> developing,
> >>>> this seems like a great solution.
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