> IMHO it's not a mark of good design when people feel obliged to wade > through 50-60 images like Jack did.
Did I miss something? No one is obliged to wade thru the images. You opt in if you wish. Kenneth Waller ---- Original Message ----- From: "AlunFoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Pentax photo gallery morphing into another community site? > It was late when I logged on, so I might have missed some details. > However, the site requires consent to your taking part in this > project, by ticking a box. I was pretty tired last night, so I > couldn't figure out what the consequences would be of not accepting > the deal. Besides, I was curious enough to want to see what it was. > :-) > > You can skip the evaluation page and go to your own pics, your > profile, etc. anytime you like. One curious thing I noticed was that > navigating away from the evaluation page and back again would bring up > a different set of pictures. Seems like the set you're presented with > is selected by random. > > I think the jury's still out on the convenience of this function, but > IMHO it's not a mark of good design when people feel obliged to wade > through 50-60 images like Jack did. > > Jostein > > 2007/7/11, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I voted on what was probably 50 or 60 images when the screen came up >> with a page announcing that the Pentax site was extremely busy and >> would have to end current contact. Was glad it had ended for the >> moment. >> >> Jack >> --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Yes, I found the same thing. I went ahead and voted on all the >> > photos >> > that were presented to me. >> > >> > It was a bit odd because once I got to the last one, the first ones >> > were shown again allowing me to vote on them. Doesn't seem like the >> > system is foolproof yet. >> > >> > -- >> > Bruce >> > >> > >> > Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 2:41:52 PM, you wrote: >> > >> > A> Just logged on to see how the last batch of upload had fared, and >> > was >> > A> met with the below text. >> > >> > A> Anyone picked up news about this before? >> > >> > A> Jostein >> > >> > A> ======= Quote start ========= >> > A> As an accepted artist of the PENTAX Photo Gallery you have the >> > ability >> > A> to help in the image selection process. Only approved artists can >> > A> participate in the voting process. >> > >> > A> Our goal is to receive fair and unbiased input to help in the >> > A> selection process. To this end, Photo Gallery participants cannot >> > vote >> > A> on their own photos. The photographer of each image available for >> > A> voting will remain anonymous during this process. To further >> > protect >> > A> the process, your vote, either positive or negative, cannot be >> > viewed >> > A> by the photographer. >> > >> > A> PENTAX retains the rights to the final selection process; however, >> > A> your vote helps narrow the field to the best images. PENTAX >> > reserves >> > A> the right to decline an image for any reason even if the image has >> > A> received positive votes. This can be due to various reasons >> > including, >> > A> but not limited to, subject matter, incompatible aspect ratios, >> > the >> > A> inclusion of watermarks or copyrights, resolution, or the quality >> > of >> > A> the image. >> > >> > A> Please vote based on the technical and artistic merits of each >> > image. >> > A> When reviewing images please consider composition, exposure, >> > subject >> > A> matter, lighting, focus and other image aspects. >> > >> > A> ======= Quote end ========= -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
