I haven't fully investigated this but I think GetSatisfaction provides an RSS feed of new posts which it may be possible to download and review off line
On Apr 8, 6:40 am, Arkadiusz Dąbkowski <arkadiusz.dabkow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree. AD... > > read more >> > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Nick Clark <nick.cl...@trilobeit.co.uk>wrote: > > > > > I'd prefer it to remain as an email forum so I can review messages during > > downtime while on the train/underground or just lounging around, rather than > > needing a full PC experience with internet connection. > > > Nick > > > Sent from my Windows Mobile(R) phone. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Neal <nschm...@gmail.com> > > Sent: 05 April 2010 15:43 > > To: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com <mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [MLO] Re: getsatisfaction for MLO? > > > I did not suggest "moving to a forum with folders" > > > Actually, otomo, you referenced the "this forum is a mess" thread where > > people were suggesting moving to a forum with folders. Your counter > > suggestion was to move just the Feature Requests to a service like > > Getsatisfaction. I liked that idea and tried to support it. > > > Truth is I had thought about making that very same suggestion. If you just > > move the Feature Requests you can probably get away with just using the FREE > > service and don't need the extra features that you would have to pay for... > > > Hey Richard, you said "I would strongly support this" to a thread that > > originally said it would be a good move for MLO to at least move its Feature > > Suggestions to a service likewww.getsatisfaction.com. > > > It has been suggested in the past to move to Uservoice or GetSatisfaction. > > That hasn't really gotten anywhere. This suggestion was to start by just > > moving the Feature Suggestions to a service like UV or GS. I liked that > > approach and tried to support it. > > > Just a thought here. If you guys want to gain support for your ideas you > > might want to NOT argue with the people who are trying to support your > > ideas.... > > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:54 AM, otomo <bernd.salew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <nschm...@gmail.com> 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" <r...@rcollings.co.uk> 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: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com > > > > > [mailto:mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal > > > > Sent: 04 April 2010 5:48 p > > > > To: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com > > > > 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 < > > r...@rcollings.co.uk> 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: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com > > > > > [mailto:mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com] 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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