So, what I have done is to create a feature request called "*not* calendar view" and used one of my votes to support it. The issue is that the simple request "calendar view" means many different things to many different people. Consequently, there's a serious risk that building a solution will have a high cost while leaving many users dissatisfied.
If you know the stories of Br'er Rabbit you will remember the Tar Baby. Once you touch it, you are stuck. The more you struggle the more stuck you get -Dwight Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: drknight <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:27:43 To: MyLifeOrganized<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [MLO] Re: How to handle Feature Requests Yes, yes. There needs to be a veto votes. Traditionally this come from dot voting, where people in a room are given 10 green dots and 10 red dots. People would put green dots on topics/ideas they supported and red dots on items they opposed. Without the red dots, you only get half the picture. What if an idea has 47 green votes but 289 red votes. You wouldn't do it. Right now all we get is the green dots making it sound like the idea is a compelling, good, and valid one. On Jan 7, 11:54 am, <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, Uservoice does appear to be an important step forward by giving a > clear picture of the priorities of a proposed enhancement. However, the > picture is flawed because it only shows how much support a proposal has, > without showing at all how much opposition it has. I wish that I could use > one of my votes to vote against a proposal I find unwise. I understand that > the rules of Uservoice are beyond your control, but if you think of a way of > making opposition tangible, it would be helpful. > > -Dwight > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Levison > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 4:21 PM > To: Mylifeorganized > Subject: [MLO] How to handle Feature Requests > > Its wonderful that people discuss their needs and desires for features on > this list, however this discussion doesn't give Andrey and his team a good > sense of the priorities. After all it costs nothing to say "+1" to every > request that goes by. As a result we've established mlo @ uservoice > <http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general> as a forum to go and vote > for features. > > FYI the current leader board is: IPad app 79 votes; Calendar overview 74 and > Auto-syncing 54. > > Uservoice is a simple system that allows you to add feature requests and > vote for features that you want. Its better than the forum because you're > limited to 10 votes forcing you to make wise decisions about what you really > want. Example: > > * Calendar overview -I've given 3 votes, because I think its insanely > important. I also realize it will take a long to implement and so I won't > get my votes back for a while > * Auto-Sync - I've also given 3 votes, because I think its important > and will likely be completed sooner so I will get my votes back and reuse > them. > > Cheers > Mark Levison > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/36331...@n00/3833840021/> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/36331...@n00/3833840021/> Mark > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/36331...@n00/3833840021/> Mark Levison | > <http://agilepainrelief.com/> Agile Pain Relief Consulting | Certified Scrum > Trainer > <http://www.infoq.com/about.jsp> Agile Editor @ InfoQ | > <http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/> Blog | <http://twitter.com/mlevison> > Twitter | Office: (613) 862-2538 > Recent Entries: > <http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/2010/09/story-slicing-h... > ll-is-enough.html> Story Slicing How Small is Small Enough, > <http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2009/11/why-use-an-agile-coach.html> Why > use an Agile Coach > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
