wish list

[Brian K. White]

Wally Turnbull wrote:
> Brian K. White
>>> I wish the wish-list allowed you to browse all the wishes on-file
>>>
>>> And add a "me too" check box or a 1-10 rating field so that wishes
>>> popularity/urgency could be calculated by adding up the
>> checkboxes or the ratings.
>
> John Esak
>> I sent almost this _exact_ email to Howie and the FP Tech
>> team when the wishlist first came out. The current scheme
>> gives virtually NO value to the wish at all... no granularity
>> of importance.  It it being good, great, must have, etc.,
>> doesn't help much.  I think the numbers should be 1 through
>> 10, then 1-3 could be low, 4-6 medium, 7-9 high and 10 must
>> have.  I personally have never voted NO-WAY or 0 for anyone's
>> wish... who am I to vote that way on someone else's idea
>> unless it is a duplicate. The wishlist as it is now, forces
>> me to say good for a whole bunch of wishes that I would
>> really want to say 7 8 or 9 for.  They are NOT all equal in my mind.
>
> It will be done "that way but not like that" as Yogi might say.
> Before a new version is drafted, the wish list is to be prioritized
> by the Advisory Council, ranked for time to grant each wish by the fP
> development staff, and selected by management.

Then have two (or more) ratings.

My "How much do I want X" rating has nothing to do with your "Which of x,y,z
are we going to invest the most on". The latter can be internal and private
no problem of course.

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