Google moderator for suggestions

[Megiddo]

http://moderator.appspot.com/#16/e=10540e

What do y'all think? If we get positive feedback, I'll probably set this board up to redirect to this instead.

[JamminR]

Though for some things I could see it's use... not sure I like it for Ulysses.
Currently,
1) Many posts are suggestions for stuff already in ULX or ULib, or discussed among the forums many times.
2) It requires yet another login. I've heard some complain, and even more just not post, about coming here from facepunch and having to sign in to get some releases. So, they come here with a good idea, perhaps create an account, click on suggestions, and have to sign in again.
Sure, everyone should already have a gmail account, but... not everyone does.
3) It's late...not trying to be negative...just all I thought of for now...

[Stickly Man!]

Hmm, does look useful, but, JamminR does bring up a good point with the whole login thing-- Plus what advantages come from using that instead of our forums here?

[Megiddo]

Hmm, does look useful, but, JamminR does bring up a good point with the whole login thing-- Plus what advantages come from using that instead of our forums here?

Voting, mainly. While I can get a good idea of *what* features people want from these forums, I don't have any idea how strongly they want it.

[JamminR]

Took me ~1 minute to add voting to this post as a poll.
No extra login required. Just a few clicks as a moderator.
I'm simplistic, like attempting to keep everything under one umbrella.
I wish SMF had a bug tracker.. I'd love for our tracker to be under this one umbrella instead of redirection.

I'm still willing to hear more features that I don't see by looking currently.
(Other than it's just Google, and they have cool stuff!)

[Megiddo]

I'll chalk that up as a bad idea, then.

[JamminR]

Not a bad idea... just an idea no individual strongly agreed with.
Again, I like Google... it's just that currently, if one wishes to post here, perhaps referred here by Facepunch, they have to create a 2nd account
(Facepunch #1, Ulysses #2)
If they wish to 'really' be involved in Mantis bug reporting, they must register another account.
(Mantis #3)
With the google moderation area, they'd be required to register yet one more account.
Though yes, Google accounts are popular, not everyone has one, and if they did, they may not wish to share that particular name/userid with forum viewers.

That, and I'd often end up pointing people back here anyway when a 'been suggested before or already exists feature' was suggested.
 

[Megiddo]

Not a bad idea... just an idea no individual strongly agreed with.
Again, I like Google... it's just that currently, if one wishes to post here, perhaps referred here by Facepunch, they have to create a 2nd account
(Facepunch #1, Ulysses #2)
If they wish to 'really' be involved in Mantis bug reporting, they must register another account.
(Mantis #3)
With the google moderation area, they'd be required to register yet one more account.
Though yes, Google accounts are popular, not everyone has one, and if they did, they may not wish to share that particular name/userid with forum viewers.

That, and I'd often end up pointing people back here anyway when a 'been suggested before or already exists feature' was suggested.
 

I think this version of SMF can use OpenID. Everyone has one of those now, right?

[JamminR]

Suuuure.
You talk Garry into using it at Facepunch, I'm game for Google Moderator.