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| Buddabing:
I have quite strong opinions on this subject, I certainly hope that you aren't as dismissive and condescending to everyone else who wants to give you some input on what information to put in your reviews. Rating features from one to five is just wrong. Where I come from, five stars or icons or whatever is better than four. People will get wrong information if they just "skim through quickly", since the feature they want may be in the "4" category. Many features do not lend themselves to this kind of assessment. How about open source? That's not a one to five scale. How about cross-OS or cross-system compatibility? How about low-resolution compatibility? I think that an extensive list of features in a checklist is a much better way of comparing between many front ends. You can still use stars for subjective comparisons, for example, ease of installation or the willingness of the developer to answer questions or add features. You mentioned Game Launcher. I think GL was a terrific front end when it was supported. It supports arcade resolutions well, is open source, runs on DOS, and runs well on a slow machine. While many people couldn't care less about these features, they are important to others. The same thing goes for Youki's front end. If you want a user-friendly config program, maximum eye candy, and great support from the developer, look no further. But users of arcade monitors should avoid it. Regards, Buddabing |
| youki:
--- Quote ---But users of arcade monitors should avoid it. --- End quote --- Why? 90% of my user, use it with arcade monitor me included! |
| Buddabing:
--- Quote from: youki on April 14, 2005, 03:28:57 pm --- --- Quote ---But users of arcade monitors should avoid it. --- End quote --- Why? --- End quote --- |
| SirPoonga:
Fromt he first blog post "I will add more to this when I get more time..." Controls aren't the only criteria i am going to use. |
| screaming:
What if you had multiple categories and used stars (or some other method like color and darkness of a circle, like Consumer Reports uses) to rate each category? Some example categories would be: DOS Multimedia Developer Support Community Support Configurability JAMMA-compatible Would that solve your problem, Buddabing? It seems your beef is about the general overview rating being rated on a scale, instead of being rated on people's individual needs.. ? -sab |
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