[The Hit List Users] Re: Feature Request Process

Of course I agree with the Google Moderator system, as I'm the one
that suggested it in the first place. However, I have a suggestion on
how to use it: Why not have categories for 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 (and add
1.x as it becomes appropriate), allowing users to do a rudimentary
amount of self-prioritization? The downside to this is Moderator's
inability to move items between categories—the task would have to be
re-submitted. This applies to the current implementation as well, but
there's less likely to be reason to move it then.

If and when you decide to stick with Google Moderator, are you going
to post a note on the current feature request page telling people? I
ask because some people are still posting requests as discussions, and
will probably not notice this change if they didn't notice the other
one.

On May 11, 11:33 am, Nic <ncfletc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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