Robert W. Pillow

For some reason, a survey on whether or not you want ratings back on photo.net is in under the Progress Report 2/23 thread on the help forum.

Because this thread is concerns the proper placement of comments, I'm posting news about what I consider a misplaced survey concerning the return of ratings to photo.net here. For some reason, a survey on whether or not you want ratings back on photo.net is in under the Progress Report 2/23 thread on the help forum.

For some reason, a survey on whether or not you want ratings back on photo.net is in under the Progress Report 2/23 thread on the help forum.

By the way, why is this poll on ratings under a progress report thread? It should be standing alone with its own title/subject line in the help forum with a link to it on the trending page.

Thanks for the link. I still want the ratings. I would prefer to use the old site's methodology of either paging through a category in a queue or rating on the fly.

You lost me. Maybe a second espresso will help.

I think we're thinking along the same line -- collaboration -- because of the word "We'll ... " in your response. Brainstorm with management about possible logos (links as art), commission a graphics artist to develop designs based on the discussion, and solicit member opinion through a vote on the final choice from mock-ups. If no clear preference exists, request for suggestions for improvement.

:) If the management of Photo.net wants well-produced mock-ups, it can pay someone to do that.

No, Mr. Palm, I don't see it for a couple of reasons. The thumb indent and finger hole usually found in a palette appear to be merged into confusion. There's not enough contrast between the blue and gray. Here's something I through together very roughly just now that might be more consistent with photo.net and a palette. ( I should have used a heavier line for the palette border.)

Is there some limitation in the new platform that prevents maintaining a connection with the existing (old) audience? One of many features of the old format I liked was top photograph galleries that incorporated the rating system with pages that changed horizontally with just the click of one button. The new trending page with its vertical scroll requirement and load button is a very poor replacement.

Where is the expiration date of my subscription displayed?

Mr. Palm, I can replicate the error. Here's a screen shot just taken showing the problem.

Mr. Palm, I've attached another screen shot showing what the thread page looks like to a user who is not logged in. As you can see, there is no user name/link or avatar displayed when a user is not logged in. Also, the sign up and sign in links are displayed when a user is not logged in.

Yes. I was logged in. I was on the forum thread page and clicked my link associated with my name. The forbidden message page was displayed after the click.

Mr. Palm, would you consider this to be normal, functional behavior: Here's the message I get when I try to access my account from the forum's page.

Please put the member's homepage link in the dropdown box that shows when you hover over the avatar on the Photo.net homepage. Thanks

Leslie, I wish the navigation/functionality used for following photographers in the old format was restored/introduced into the favorites of the new format. On the old site, you chose to follow a photographer who was added to a list in your workspace and whose latest submissions were added in stream to your workspace. If you wanted to revisit the work of a photographer, you drilled down through the shooter's name on the list to get to the portfolios. In the new site, favorite photographers and their associated thumbnails are dumped on to one page where you scroll and click load more to see more . In the new site, there is no way, intuitive at least, to go directly to a shooter's work, which for the sake of convenience, should be organized by portfolio, not just presented in a shotgun style. Also, it was easier to unfollow a photographer in the old site. In the new site, because all the favorite photographers' work is dumped into one page, you most likely have to scroll and load for several minutes to find the the shooter you want to unfollow. Also, in general in the new site, scrolling and pressing a load more button to see way to big thumbnails is really inefficient with respect to time and user effort, compared to the response and navigation of the horizontal page change functionality of the old site. I hope this is the kind of feedback you want. I really hope you restore/introduce the navigational functionality from the the old site. By the way, could you please create a hyperlink to the material you reference your responses? That kind of navigation would help us all learn faster. Also, you have a lot of good work in your portfolio.

I don't know what a direct message is. I sent a message with the details along with another question this morning through the Contact email interface. Thanks.

It would help to know the context. "up 75% ... down 50% ... up 30%" from when -- new site implementation date or old site averages through the date the former format went down. What kind of numbers for users and duration are we talking about? How do you identify new users -- from an IP address that hasn't been noted in the last 30 days, for example. How do you define "doing more"? How many more new paying subscribers has the site attracted? How does the rate of new paying subscribers per day compare to the old site?

I am not able to change my email address in my account.

Was the invitation to beta test the extent of user involvement? I spent six years as a systems analyst, nine as a database analyst, and one as a technical writer. In our system design life cycle, the development staff identified user requirements, worked with end-users to develop the interface and navigation, and created unit and system test scenarios based on the system requirements in collaboration with the business users, who ultimately ran the system through its paces.

As a new member in 1999, I had no trouble navigating the old format. I see very little that is intuitive about the new format.