[Geysers] GT upgrades

[Pat Snyder]

Thank you for the clarification.
The Grand idea sounds good, and I realize it would take a lot of coding to add something about it. I sure hope contributors do put in the burst code, or at least say, two bursts, for example. It's very helpful to those writing articles about Grand for Transactions and the Sput, since the electronic data does not include bursts, and it's also just nice to know for those of us who really like Grand!

While I understand your desire to include a reliability factor on GeyserTimes, I've been flagged for being .03 of a second off on a time I posted, so it really doesn't encourage me to continue posting times when I see that my flags are now made public, especially since quite a few of my flags were controversial. It is possible that others might be discouraged by this, and therefore, times are missed because people choose not to post at all if they feel even the least bit unsure about the time. It's a trade-off, I understand. You want accuracy. But I would also think you'd want all the times you can gather, too. 

My solution has been to write my times down on paper and then, at the end of the day, add times that were missed. Seems to work well and keeps me from being flagged. 

Also, have you removed the ability to post as "Guest"? I've noticed a few posts under that moniker, usually inaccurate.

My two cents, just food for thought.
Pat Snyder


On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Will Boekel wrote:

> Pat,
>  
> To answer your questions. The user profile is public to all. the reasoning behind showing the flag and self deletes and the profile in general is because people have told us that they want to be able to see how reliable a person is in their reports and to start building some accountability to reporting. So this is the beginning of a reputation system in a way. Also we made the real name viewable because no one knows who the user “MrGeyserGazer” may be for example.
>     About the Grand codes, Jake and I are playing with the idea with making a box that appears or something of the sort that pops up in the enter form for the codes and to have them stored in their own column in the database, but that may be a ways down the line as that will require us to change a bunch of code. So for now we just need to encourage people to enter them in the comments box.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Will Boekel
>  
> Ps. If anyone has suggestions for us to add to the list please email me through my personal email or Jake through the GT email. Just keep in mind that there are about 100 ticket items in our to do list so we may not get to it for a while.
>  
> PS.#2: Up coming  upgrades are going to include (maybe not all of these in the next batch, but these are the ones that are in the final review/test phase): a night mode where everything is red/black, personal checklists, Attachments, Flags,and conformations are removable, comment feature:where a user can leave a comment on an eruption without confirming or flagging, new search feature, exporting of data to a CSV, a timeline format log on the home page, and some more links to external information.
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