[squeakland] ranking system suggestions

[Timothy Falconer]

Cherry, thank you for your suggestions!   Comments below.

On Sep 24, 2009, at 3:35 AM, Cherry Withers wrote:

> Hi Tim,
>
> Initial feedback:
>
>  - When I hit the project ranking arrows for Karl's "Snake Game" it  
> opens up the project file itself. I would have to then
> close the entire window, go back to "sure I'll help" and see the  
> ranking. This happened a couple of times before I can finally just
> change the ranking "on the fly" without it opening up the project  
> file itself.

This might be related to a bug I found late last night:

http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-431

You can "watch" the issue if you'd like to see when it's fixed.

> - Is there a way to just type in the number? With proper guidance on  
> the side for what the min and max are. The screen seems to refresh
> each time I click the arrows.

I considered that . . . ultimately we'll have multiple categories for  
subject, etc.  Having that many fields would complicate things.  I  
might be able to do a drop-down.

My goal was to have the numbers change in the database without the  
user needing to submit the form each time.  I can get fancier with  
something called Ajax, but chose not to spend the time now.

I've logged your suggestion as:

http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-433

> - For projects that have global use, do we rank the regional portion  
> zero?

I honestly don't know.   I suspect most people will leave region  
alone, but I put in the vote thing to be consistent.   This will  
likely make more sense when we get sub-regions added to the database.


> - Can you possibly provide guidance on what a "fair" rating for each  
> number means? For instance:
>
> 0-2 : Means the project meets an education requirement but is  
> lacking adequate instructions for use.
> 3-5: The project meets several education requirements/standards but  
> needs improvement on ease of use, etc.
> etc. etc.

Sounds like a good task for the squeakland education team, or the  
larger community.  I can include whatever people come up with in the  
ballot emails.

What do you think everyone?   The numbers all go from -10 to 10  ....  
what should we suggest as criteria for rankers?


By the way, other known showcase bugs:

http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-430 ... error doesn't show  
when someone clicks through another's ballot

http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-432 .. clicking rank arrows  
too quickly gives error


I'll be taking a break for a bit, but these should be easy fixes on  
Monday.


Take care,
Tim


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