Feedback - Ideas on forum posts & reviews

[Spudson]

Evening all!

I've thoroughly appreciated the advice and feedback given by all of the participants on the forums.

However, I thought I'd detail some of the thoughts that have popped into my head as I've been flitting between topics.

Is it possible for topics within a particular forum to be listed in date order, based on the date of the last post on the topic?

Can topics be shown with a summary so that the first post is always shown first, but then all remaining posts are shown in latest date first order?

Is it is possible for a summary of all of the known issues about a particular piece of software to be created and made a sticky? e.g. Map data is always under discussion, but if known issues (such as London Congestion Zone, M6 toll road, Silverstone bypass) haven't been remedied by the latest update, this is detailed.

Under the "Other Articles" section, there is a table, detailing different types of software and the facilities that the software supports. Is it possible for this to be updated? It was published in 2002.

Apologies for so many questions, but one of the difficulties I'm having in assessing the appropriateness of one piece of software over another is that I need to trawl through all of the various forums to compare the software available, to understand all of the issues with it, and to then make a comparison. A summary of some description would do the trick.

I'm thinking: across the top row would be the name of the software; down the side, the relevant features would be listed - none of the stuff that you can read on the box, but real use data (2d/3d view - good/bad, information displayed on navigation screen, etc.)

Don't get me wrong, the quality of the advice and information given is absolutely fantastic, and pgw is an invaluable site. For the newbie or the new visitor to pgw, I just feel that a summary would spare the hard work - but I acknowledge that it needs someone to put it together.

I've subscribed to the post and welcome any thoughts.

S

[lbendlin]

[Spudson]

Lutz,

Thanks for the reply.

Need you to address my earlier point however re. potential for the first post to remain at top of record. I still feel that a summary of the merits of each system is needed - but on the basis that there have been no other posts, it looks like I'm a lone voice.

I've had another thought though - in "pounding the streets" to determine which PDA/GPS or Integrated GPS solution to plump for, I've seen the following examples on sale on my High Street (generally speaking):

Tom Tom Go
HP Ipaq Rz1710 with TomTom Navigator Software
HP Ipaq RX3715 with TomTom Navigator 3 Software
NavMan 510 & NavMan 650
NavMan Pin300
Medion PNA100
Navigon BlueMedia
Mio168 with CoPilot/MioMap

While this list isn't exhaustive, could I ask that you conduct a poll amongst users to determine what set-up they'd like to be tested? Not only would this help users to determine what's on their High Street, but it'll also help with prioritising reviews.

Thoughts?

S

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