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ksoucy replied on August 23, 2009 14:18 to the idea "Let people recommend presenters!" in SlideShare:

Looks great! Thanks for letting me take a peak.

ksoucy replied on August 22, 2009 23:56 to the idea "Let people recommend presenters!" in SlideShare:

Hi Amit,

Sure, I'd be happy to elaborate... I like the SpeakerRate.com website because attendees of presentations can rate the speaker on their content and delivery. It would be nice if the attendee's ratings and comments could be linked to the actual slides or be viewable from within SlideShare (even better). I would envision a link on SlideShare to rate the speaker as well as view other people's ratings (the same way you rate and review products on e-commerce sites). It would be even better if there would be some way to verify that the evaluator actually attended the talk. I know some e-commerce sites put a "verified buyer symbol" next to certain reviews.

Speakers sometimes have a tough time getting gigs and I think this would help them if they had high ratings on a respected and reputable medium like SlideShare.

Best,

Kyle

ksoucy shared an idea in SlideShare on August 20, 2009 15:41:

Let people recommend presenters!

Ability to recommend presenters/presentations... kinda like the way you can write a recommendation for someone on LinkedIn.

ksoucy replied on July 02, 2009 22:00 to the problem "Synchronization doesn't "stay" when slides are advanced" in SlideShare:

Slideshare, are you working on this problem? It has been over 2 months since it was first reported and we haven't received a single status update yet.

ksoucy replied on May 05, 2009 20:09 to the problem "Synchronization doesn't "stay" when slides are advanced" in SlideShare:

Slideshare, if what Jenny says is correct, then you should consider disabling the next and previous buttons until the presentation fully buffers. Ideally, I think we'd all like to see the controls work as soon as the presentation loads (100% buffered or not).

Can someone please gives us a status update on this problem?

ksoucy replied on April 27, 2009 18:28 to the problem "Synchronization doesn't "stay" when slides are advanced" in SlideShare:

I'm experiencing the same problem. Very annoying.

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ksoucy replied on November 05, 2008 19:47 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

Great! Thanks for your quick reply.

ksoucy replied on November 05, 2008 15:58 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

Jed,

I have a meeting with my client tomorrow to decide whether or not we're going to use Web Sort. They need a firm date on when the new release will be live. Is this something you can give me? If not, it's ok. I prefer to tell them you don't know rather than tell them a date and have it not be ready.

Thanks,

Kyle

ksoucy replied on October 27, 2008 23:53 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

Wow! That's really excellent. The long label problem is totally solved with the word wrapping. Thank you so much for taking the time to do the screencast. Looking forward to showing this to my client when it's live.

Thanks!

ksoucy replied on October 23, 2008 15:46 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

Hi Sarah and Jed,

Here is an image depicting how I was envisioning the wrapper. I think it may be a good way to let the user know the hierarchy of different categories. This way you could test a closed card sort with a few different sub-categories in one main category.

I noticed that the new version of Web Sort with the wider category boxes hasn't been released yet. Do you know when I can expect the new release?

Best,

Kyle

ksoucy replied on October 16, 2008 12:26 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

Jed, that's great news! My client will definitely appreciate this. Thank you so much for making this enhancement.

ksoucy replied on October 16, 2008 12:22 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

Sure. I have testing today and tomorrow so I'll try and post back on Monday.

ksoucy replied on October 10, 2008 20:18 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

I forgot to add that in a previous post yesterday you asked if wrapping the label would be preferable and I wanted to let you know that I think that would be great. Anything that would let us see the entire label would make us more comfortable in using the tool.

ksoucy replied on October 10, 2008 20:14 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

Hi Jed,

I finally have time to revisit your inquiry about multi-level analysis. I look at the problem a little differently... To me, the analysis for a multi-level closed card sort is the same as if it were just 1 level because we've already decided that the sub-categories are connected to the main categories. So, really all we need in an online card sorting tool is a "wrapper" around our sub-categories showing the relationship to the main category. Mind canvas does this with their Tree Sort tool. They also allow for 3 hierarchical levels with their OpenSort tool.

Best,

Kyle

ksoucy replied on October 09, 2008 20:18 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

It would be fantastic if the category boxes were widened next week. My one one client is not comfortable using this tool since the boxes cut the labels off. They would definitely use it if this new feature is in the new release. Thanks Jed!

ksoucy replied on October 09, 2008 19:42 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

I'll definitely get back to you on the analysis of the multi-level sorting (there is a work around), but I'm still curious to know why it's a big deal to increase the boxes by 25 chars? There is more than enough space in the interface to accommodate wider boxes. Or, possibly make them adjustable by he user... let them adjust the width by clicking and dragging a corner.

ksoucy replied on October 09, 2008 18:40 to the question "Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?" in WebSort:

Well, the real problem is that since you don't accommodate for sub-categories we're using them in our labels. (i.e. [Main Category]:[Sub category] or Human Resources:Sexual Harassment Training). Our labels wouldn't need to be so long if sub-categories were possible. Is this possible to add to the system? If not, then the boxes need to accommodate at least 25 more characters.

ksoucy asked a question in WebSort on October 09, 2008 17:48:

Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort?

Is there any way to make the category boxes wider for a closed card sort? Respondents are having trouble using the software because they can't read the full label unless they hoover over the category box. Also, when they are dragging the cards into the category the hoover text doesn't come up at all.