I did not suggest "moving to a forum with folders". You might want to re-read what I posted under that light... ;-)
On 5 Apr., 03:16, Neal <[email protected]> wrote: > OK so I'm not sure why you are arguing with someone that is basically > agreeing with you. > > For the record, my reference about folders was in relationship to the > original post. Basically, concerning "this forum is a mess" and > people suggesting that MLO move to a forum with folders. I was not > suggesting GetSatisfaction used folders. You might want to re-read > what I posted under that light... > > On Apr 4, 3:20 pm, "Richard Collings" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think you ought to take a closer look at GetSatisfaction because it > > doesn't work in the way you describe - eg there is no concept of folders - > > and it has capabilities which address virtually all of your issues - indeed > > if effectively implements your two step idea! > > > Firstly, it encourages people to start by asking questions and before you > > can post, it parses the question and looks for threads on the topics > > covered in the question and displays these before you can actually post. > > This works pretty well in my experience so the forum become an excellent > > place for people to ask questions. > > > Secondly, it appears to have quite a powerful moderation facility - for > > example you can merge threads (which also deals with the misposting > > problems). I would also guess that the moderator can change a thread marked > > as an idea into a question. > > > The combination of these two sets of capabilities turn it into a powerful > > tool because you don't get a proliferation of threads on the same topic. > > Certainly my experience of using it to find out about how Balsamiq worked > > was a very positive one - I was able to find answers to most of my questions > > very quickly in a way that would not have been possible had they been using > > a Google Group or a standard forum. > > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neal > > Sent: 04 April 2010 5:48 p > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MLO] getsatisfaction for MLO? > > > I'm not a big fan of the idea to move to a forum simply to get folders. > > Folders have two problems in my opinion. First, they are only as good as > > the posters willingness to only post in the "correct" ones. As an example, > > look at all the people that post cell phone questions in the main group and > > not the mobile MLO group. > > > The second is that threads change. An original "bug" request or a "how to > > do something" request can turn into a feature request. Or vica versa for > > that matter. I've seen a number of "feature" requests get responded with > > "well you can already do that in MLO"... > > > Posting a "new feature" request should in my opinion be a two step process. > > First, you should ask if the ability you are requesting is currently > > possible. If not only then should you, imo, be making a feature request. > > > Using the group to ask how to do something makes sense to me. Then having a > > separate tool like uservoice or getsatisfaction for the actual feature would > > be an improvement. That makes more sense to me than moving to a new forum > > where the work to reward is in my humble opinion not very appealing... > > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Richard Collings <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > I would strongly support this. I have just started using a piece of > > software called Balsamiq (for screen mockups) and they use GetSatisfaction > > and I have been very impressed with the way it works. > > > For example, I wanted to find out whether it was possible to format the > > sticky notes that you can attach to your mockup diagrams. I went to the > > forum and searched for bullets - it returned a result showing that this > > feature has 20 people who like the idea. The Developer can then tag the > > idea to indicate that it is under consideration or is being implemented. > > And for problems, people can flag whether they thing the problem has been > > answered and which is the best answer > > > To see an example thread, try > > this:http://community.balsamiq.com/balsamiq/topics/enhanced_paragraph_widg... > > bullet_lists_and_numbered_lists > > > The one weakness that I can see is that you can't (as far as I can see) get > > GetSatisfaction to send you an email for each new topic (which is what I > > think I would like). You can mark topics to indicate that you want to get > > notifications of further postings to that topic. > > > It also looks like the moderators can merge topics and do other stuff. > > > A big improvement on a Google Group in my view > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of otomo > > > Sent: 02 April 2010 12:15 p > > > To: MyLifeOrganized > > > Subject: [MLO] getsatisfaction for MLO? > > > > Since this forum is a mess and a horror to use as some users > > > rightly stated in a previous post I wonder if it would be a > > > good move for MLO to at least move its Feature Suggestions to > > > a service likewww.getsatisfaction.com. > > > > I like their system and its much more approachable than > > > searching this forum for popular suggestions, etc. > > > > Any idea from the developer to improve the communication with > > > the international MLO userbase? > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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