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Add a rank to all ideas.

370 points posted to IdeaStorm by jervis961 07/23/07

It would be nice to know where your ideas rank overall in popularity without having to go through all the pages to find them. Why not add a ranking to the idea that updates as it moves up or down the list of popular ideas?

premcv
07/23/07		 Good idea, jervis. I did notice that some new ideas keep jumping between different pages. I belive this is due, in-fact, to the half-life of votes, that dell_admin1 once told us.
davmcn
07/23/07		 your coming up with a lots of new ideas in one day Jervis. Good Job :)
premcv
07/23/07		 But from what we've seen with dell_admin*, dav, the time it gets those status messages (Under Review, this is new, Partially Implemented, ... ) is questionable.
jervis961
07/23/07		 I think the ranking would be easy to add, but things take a while around here. As for my rash of ideas, vacation did me some good and I'm not taking this stuff as seriously. If an idea pops into my head I'll post it, if its a dupe the admins will merge it. Although they did merge one of my origional ideas with one posted far after it so who knows what will happen.
davmcn
07/23/07		 I know, at first on this site i tried to take it seriously but when the bunch of us had that break down kinda got side tracked but now i'm taking this site seriously.
premcv
07/23/07		 Good for you. Where did you go on your vacation, though?

It is tough going through 400+ pages of ideas or using the search to find duplicates or similar ideas. If an idea strikes, just post. I've got a couple will be posting them in the coming days.
davmcn
07/23/07		 I think he went to alaska?
jervis961
07/23/07		 Yup Alaska was worth every penny.
premcv
07/23/07		 Wow! Should've been fun! Maybe you should post some of your Alaskan travel pics somewhere!
davmcn
07/23/07		 Guys , Not Msn... but....
jervis961
07/23/07		 I took over 1100 and have gotten it down to 800 so far after seeing them on a bigger screen and taking out the duplicated ones I took just in case.
premcv
07/23/07		 Wow! That's a lot. Let me know when you have it on somewhere!

Sorry, dav! Just had to ask!
davmcn
07/23/07		 It's Ok. I don't mind i've done it so many times before for one idea like 59 Comments!
Me talking to someone....
premcv
07/23/07		 :)
davmcn
07/23/07		 But it was in contexts of the Idea so...
premcv
07/23/07		 I understand, in a day or two, I'll edit my comments. So that no "visible" traces are left!
davmcn
07/23/07		 No Need! Dell doesn't really care if you go for like a couple of comments. by the way Premcv the comments even if you get rid of them Dell can still see them after you got rid of them anyways so just keep them.
premcv
07/23/07		 No, but that's what we used to do earlier. So, don't worry! Ask jervis, we've done it sometime ago, to some of our comments. :)
davmcn
07/23/07		 Yeah so others that were on site couldn't see Not Admins! but knowing me i'm probobly wrong so....
jervis961
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jervis961
07/23/07		 davmcn - if you delete your comment dell admin usually will take out the blank spot when they see it. I'll take down my pics in the am after premcv sees them.
premcv
07/23/07		 Awesome! They really are! With your permission, jervis may I save a couple? The second (lake panaromic view) and the third (glacier).
cosh
07/23/07		 The third photo there is really awesome. Damn I really should go on holiday some year, some day.

When you say put a ranking on the idea, do you mean like based on it's score, e.g., idea X is 10th most popular on the site, and idea Y is 1,000th most popular on the site etc etc.. ?
jervis961
07/23/07		 Sure they are low resolution for the web. My main pictures are 9MP and are too large for here. I was thinking of making a few poster size. I got quite a few that came out great but nothing compares to seeing it in person. I swear there are times you swear you are looking at a painting instead of nature.
davmcn
07/23/07		 Nice Pictures I Guess that is you in them? Good Skills With Photography.
jorge
07/23/07		 Burrr cold... Too cold for me, I don't own a jacket that good or thick. Looks cool though.
jervis961
07/23/07		 Thanks davmcn. We ran into a professional photographer on vacation and he took the one of me and my wife on the boat. The other one with us in it was taken by the helicopter pilot. I took the others myself. It rained for 2 days but when the lighting was good I was snapping away at everything in site. People thought I was crazy when I told them I was waiting for the sun to hit the mountain a certain way.
premcv
07/23/07		 Thanks, jervis. Those pics are the ones I wanted. I can understand how it would be to stand and admire. I really wish I could see them, in-person, some day!

@cosh: Yes, cosh, I think that is what jervis meant by the ranking.
davmcn
07/23/07		 Eh, Jervis How do you post pics from your own pc? please don't give me link just explain if you don't mind.
premcv
07/23/07		 It is not from his own PC. He's uploaded the pics on a website and he's pointing the link to that upload. That's as simple as can be.

For example, I can upload my pics on the www.flickr.com website, and here I can just put in a link to the flickr picture. That's all.

Dav, here's how: < img src="the image source" > the very basic.
davmcn
07/23/07		 Oh Ok..
So do you know how to do the picture thing i think it is like this

< Link >
RIght?
premcv
07/23/07		 Wow. When I saw your pic, jervis, I almost suddenly remembered having seen you somewhere. Then I realised that you look "identical" to a friend of mine, no kidding.
davmcn
07/23/07		 yah me too for some reason too random but...
davmcn
07/23/07		 <http: />
jervis961
07/23/07		 I get that alot premcv.

davmcv - For those I used my free webpage with ATT to upload the pictures but they limit you to 400kb each so I had to edit them down quite a bit first. Then you just use a little html magic to post them. I never used HTML befor coming to this site. Look at the page's source info and you can learn alot. Or just do a little research online, the link I gave you last time was to my tip section idea for IdeaStorm which explains how to post pictures and video as well as general tips on how to use the site.
davmcn
07/23/07		 Yah i looked at the tips i knew how to post Youtube ones all along the pics i'm lost there but it doesn't really matter i guess....i read that page you spent me last time and yeah spent like an good 30 reading it...
premcv
07/23/07		 Here you go, davmcv, a few good links to get you started with HTML.

http://www.htmlprimer.com/htmlprimer/html-beginners
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp
http://www.imsc.res.in/local/Html/HTMLPrimer.html
http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/HTML/<
Like jorge said, give it a shot, you will not know until you try.
davmcn
07/23/07		 Thanks.....I'm hopeless when it comes to websites...
jorge
07/23/07		 @davmcn: you just need to look at the page source to see how its done, go to your browsers view menu and select View Source, its all there in black and white, you need a place on the web to host your picture, whether it be flickr or photobucket or something else, this will give you the link to post in as the pic as in the examples in the code. Once you get it, you'll be able to post pics, try it with some pic on the web as a test.
davmcn
07/23/07		 Thanks For your help....as i said before i am hopeless when it comes to webs....Thanks for your help.
jorge
07/23/07		 Well try it, add jervis961's pick to a comment. Right click his pic and choose copy image location then create a comment and first type this in:

< i m g s r c = " [Note: you don't need the spaces between img nor src the code got activated and became invisible, sorry]
copy the link after the " > [same here well the space doesn't hurt]
and click Post.
premcv
07/23/07		 Welcome!
davmcn
07/23/07		 Ok Jorge , i tried doing it am just hopeless......and with the Copy Image location What??? i don't have a button that says that.......
cosh
07/23/07		 <img src="http://image-url-here">
premcv
07/23/07		 Ok, davmcn, if you use IE then, right click on the image and select Properties. In the Properties window, you will see Address (URL): and a website address. Copy this. Then try the trick that jorge mentioned earlier. :)
cosh
07/23/07		 That's in IE of course. In Firefox, just right click the image and select Copy Image Location, as jorge said.
premcv
07/23/07		 Sorry, I forgot to mention that! Edited!
gmat
07/23/07		 .
jervis961
07/23/07		 I've got a babby face gmat. People thought I was 14 when I was 25. Since I put on some weight (alot actually) I look more my age.
davmcn
07/23/07		 -
davmcn
07/23/07
jervis961
07/23/07		 Close davmcn edit the comment, put a space between img and src to start. then after src put an equal sign then a quote mark then the web address of the picture and close that in with another quote mark and hit submit again.
davmcn
07/23/07		 IT WORKSSS!!!!!!!! thanks Guys....
jervis961
07/23/07		 Oh nevermind you got it, way to go your first picture. WOO HOO
jervis961
07/23/07		 Now you can add pictures you find on the web. I've never gotten one from flicker to work so I use yahoo or google to find pictures.
davmcn
07/23/07		 I did thank you so much...i am gonna add some soon.
jorge
07/23/07		 Alright now use it to get more of your ideas across, if not to entertain us! (you missed out on a ton of cool pics by the way, late starter)
jervis961
07/23/07		 Some nasty ones from HP too.
jorge
07/23/07		 Almost forgot, if you find a cool pic and post it save it somewhere where you can find it again as sometimes they're removed! Damn them and if you still have the link you can repost! (somehow those are never removed)
davmcn
07/23/07		 Woops My Bad thanks for your help Jorge, Jervis , Cosh. and Premcv
premcv
07/23/07		 Good going, davmcn. Enjoy!
jervis961
07/23/07		 Yeah I try to save them but usually forget and have to search again.
premcv
07/23/07		 Mostly I try and save them, but sometimes, I forget and most often I would have to rely on del.icio.us to find out the original link and browse from there.
zanlok
01/29/08		 Just noticed this idea.. this would be really nice. You could even offer another realtime user ranking for users (better than, but not to replace "top" contributors) by comparing how many well-ranked ideas each user has live out there. Also, the website should tally how many of a user's ideas have been flagged as 'under review', 'implemented', etc.
jorge
01/30/08		 Have you seen the Desktop?
zanlok
01/31/08		 Desktop or Dashboard?
eaglewonj
01/31/08		 love this one. I got about halfway through the list of ideas just manually going from most popular on down and voting and commenting. I was shocked at the dupes I saw. I am sad to say that I crossed some that are similar to ideas I posted, but they didn't come up in the search. I see lots of negative and low score ideas and it would be cool to know where by cluster ranks.
jorge
02/01/08		 @eaglewonj: Good for you! You are methodical and persistent! See! (for the others) A methodical approach at this leads to a better understanding of whats what here.

@eaglewonj: See now why we complain, we can see it so obviously yet Dell cannot or will not.
zanlok
02/01/08		 Yeah, same for me on noticing these issues. I don't vote on everything, but as I read through, I definitely think there is a good opportunity to help organize things better.
 
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