1. There should be
ONE PLACEwhere
recommendations are made - (is this what "current trade" was
supposed to be?) so that when there is pressure - before the close
etc. - you need to go to one place only and see the recommendation.
The recommendation there needs to be simple and crystal clear - I
don't see why is it not possible to write one or two sentences of
short, concise instructions that anyone can understand, with no
ambiguities, and in a point form - not conversational. (Why is it
even necessary to say anything about the multiple-entry system in
the single-entry area? Perhaps the should be only one place for
both since what's the point of putting the same message in both
places? (redundancy means imperfect design).
2.When a trade is announced, it is very obvious that people
are going to start asking questions immediately. Matt & Co.
need be on top of these questions and answer them
immediately- on
this forum or elsewhere - and ALL OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD REFRAIN FROM
ANSWERING QUESTIONS since if me or you start answering it just adds
to the general confusion - we are now offering
OPINIONSwhen what
is required are
ANSWERS. The
format of these answers also needs to be crystal clear, and use a
simple format such as the FAQ - without all the elements of the
forum i.e. "reply" "comments" etc. - no need to click extra buttons
to see more etc. - just Q, A, Q, A, etc. so that people can read
these quickly and see what's going on - this will also cut on the
number of Q's since as we see here people are asking about stuff
that has already been answered earlier since they can not eassily
see the previous exchanges. Perhaps this Q&A can be conducted
in the same "one place" as the recommendation?
Matt & Co. are trying to do the right thing - it's not
easy! I know they will be reading these suggestions here and
hopefully will consider some of them. They are trying something
which has never been tried before here, and it is obvious that
there sre problems and they will be solved. In retrospect, I think
it would have been wise to run a Beta test of all this - perhaps
next time.
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Totally agree ascr
Posted by pdani on 17th of May 2011 at 03:13 pm
1. There should be ONE PLACEwhere recommendations are made - (is this what "current trade" was supposed to be?) so that when there is pressure - before the close etc. - you need to go to one place only and see the recommendation. The recommendation there needs to be simple and crystal clear - I don't see why is it not possible to write one or two sentences of short, concise instructions that anyone can understand, with no ambiguities, and in a point form - not conversational. (Why is it even necessary to say anything about the multiple-entry system in the single-entry area? Perhaps the should be only one place for both since what's the point of putting the same message in both places? (redundancy means imperfect design).
2.When a trade is announced, it is very obvious that people are going to start asking questions immediately. Matt & Co. need be on top of these questions and answer them immediately- on this forum or elsewhere - and ALL OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ANSWERING QUESTIONS since if me or you start answering it just adds to the general confusion - we are now offering OPINIONSwhen what is required are ANSWERS. The format of these answers also needs to be crystal clear, and use a simple format such as the FAQ - without all the elements of the forum i.e. "reply" "comments" etc. - no need to click extra buttons to see more etc. - just Q, A, Q, A, etc. so that people can read these quickly and see what's going on - this will also cut on the number of Q's since as we see here people are asking about stuff that has already been answered earlier since they can not eassily see the previous exchanges. Perhaps this Q&A can be conducted in the same "one place" as the recommendation?
Matt & Co. are trying to do the right thing - it's not easy! I know they will be reading these suggestions here and hopefully will consider some of them. They are trying something which has never been tried before here, and it is obvious that there sre problems and they will be solved. In retrospect, I think it would have been wise to run a Beta test of all this - perhaps next time.