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Re: I'm a PC, and Atlas Quest was my idea.....
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Reply to: #486647 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 4:18am
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But if you have suggested in idea that has been used, feel free to remind everyone of your contribution! What parts of Atlas Quest were your idea?

The EWWWWW button was my idea! Oh, wait, that was one of the ones that was shot down. =P
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Reply to: #486647 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 4:45am
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But if you have suggested in idea that has been used, feel free to remind everyone of your contribution! What parts of Atlas Quest were your idea?

I invented Atlas Quest.

Al
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Reply to: #486673 by Al Gore
Feb 1, 2010 5:39am
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Hey... I just wanted to reply to Al Gore.

and um... cows. I begged for cows.
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Reply to: #486683 by Fluffy Cow
Feb 1, 2010 7:50am
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and um... cows. I begged for cows.

I remember that! And you got some "moos" there for a while...what fun!!
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Reply to: #486708 by Chedva
Feb 1, 2010 7:51am
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I miss those moos.

*sniff*
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Reply to: #486665 by Cyclonic
Feb 1, 2010 8:25am
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I am still waiting on Ryan to make the site look less like someone puked up on my screen, but I won't hold my breath.

But having the screen look that way was my suggestion.

Here is a new poll. If you want Cyclonic to hold his breath don't mark any of the boxes below. If you want him to continue breathing mark any of them.

Don
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Reply to: #486727 by JerseyTrailblazers
Feb 1, 2010 9:04am
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I suggested Gold..... You went with Yellow.

Hmm.... you might have a point there. I could probably charge more for gold than yellow. ;o)

-- Ryan
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Reply to: #486647 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 9:15am
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I'm thankful that all you wonderful folks make all those suggestions for Ryan to mull over... I've seen lots of changes - some took a little more to get used to than others - but overall - AQ is a credit to Ryan and all those that gave input... no matter how many times your ideas get kicked off the table - sometimes they brought up ideas that made things better for everyone!

So thank you to all of you - big egos and the smaller ones quietly sitting in the corner : )
mud
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Reply to: #486736 by mudflinginfools
Feb 1, 2010 9:16am
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big egos and the smaller ones quietly sitting in the corner

That's me, quietly sitting in the corner.
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Reply to: #486737 by wassamatta u
Feb 1, 2010 9:28am
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"That's me, quietly sitting in the corner."

Hah! The corner of what? ;)
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Reply to: #486647 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 9:33am
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I asked (more than once, sorry for being such a pain) for a notes section for members. It's beenso great to mark down emails, addresses, where I met them, who they are related to, etc.

Now I just wish Facebook had a notes section so I could mark down people's trailnames. . . see, AQ has spoiled me!

KuKu
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Reply to: #486673 by Al Gore
Feb 1, 2010 9:39am
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I invented Atlas Quest.

Favorite Food: Crow

LOL!!!!

GJ
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Reply to: #486656 by Okie Dog
Feb 1, 2010 9:47am
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I sure thought that guy was the same one in the shower. Bwahahaha.

That's not the only ad. There's another one of a girl in a Starbuck's talking about how stable the OS is running multitasks. Again, there's a cut to a scene of her thinking up the idea of making an OS stable (Brilliant idea, actually!) and she's a hot babe. Then you're back to the girl in the coffee shop thinking "Man, they must have really dolled her up for that flashback!" It's a different girl, but it's not as radical a difference as that hunk in the shower.

I think there's a third one, too, another guy, this one's outside.
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Reply to: #486742 by KuKu
Feb 1, 2010 9:48am
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I asked (more than once, sorry for being such a pain) for a notes section for members. It's beenso great to mark down emails, addresses, where I met them, who they are related to, etc.

Now that you mention it, I kind of find myself not using that feature as much as I thought I would. I tend to forget it exists, and it's often times hard to get to having to click through to the person's profile then click again to open the notes I made for a person.

I'm thinking about adding that as another icon next to the standard "profile, contact, logbook" icons, making notes just a single click away from almost anything associated with a person--whether a post on the message boards, AQ mail, the letterboxing blogs, or whatever. I think I'd use it a lot more often if it were more accessible like that.

What do you all think about that idea? =)

-- Ryan
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Reply to: #486756 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 9:50am
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I'm thinking about adding that as another icon next to the standard "profile, contact, logbook" icons, making notes just a single click away from almost anything associated with a person--whether a post on the message boards, AQ mail, the letterboxing blogs, or whatever. I think I'd use it a lot more often if it were more accessible like that.

I would definitely use it if you did that!
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Reply to: #486756 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 10:02am
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So it would be an icon for view recent posts, instead of that being down below in the body of the profile? Sounds good to me. Will be interesting to see how you can include those other items you mentioned as well.
whether a post on the message boards, AQ mail, the letterboxing blogs, or whatever.

Oh, I may have misunderstood, possibly, the gist of the icon. It would be a note icon that took all of those things together, hmmmm.

OD
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Reply to: #486647 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 10:07am
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I think I suggested to Ryan that the "proposed" website (I got to preview it before it was officially online) should be named something that was international and not just in the US.

Hence "Atlas" Quest was born.

Mark
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Reply to: #486756 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 10:10am
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Hmmmm. . . I would

LOVE IT!

KuKu
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Reply to: #486737 by wassamatta u
Feb 1, 2010 11:01am
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Oh yeah, I EMPHATICALLY suggested he kick you off immediately and permanently but alas...

Sorry everyone.
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Reply to: #486779 by JerseyTrailblazers
Feb 1, 2010 12:35pm
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How did you guess???
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Reply to: #486737 by wassamatta u
Feb 1, 2010 1:02pm
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That's me, quietly sitting in the corner.

I'm so glad that a whole continent separates me from the impending lightning strike.

Knit Wit
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Reply to: #486756 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 1:18pm
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making notes just a single click away

I would much rather see something like this in the searches. Like putting a check mark in the selection box next to the listing. Then when you have 'selected' your search results you want to save them just click "save".

Shiloh
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Reply to: #486668 by Dizzy
Feb 1, 2010 2:27pm
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I've been campaigning for that one myself. :)

dancing pecan
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Reply to: #486668 by Dizzy
Feb 1, 2010 2:31pm
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The EWWWWW button was my idea!

It may have been your idea, but I take pride in being the inspiration for it!
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Reply to: #486855 by wassamatta u
Feb 1, 2010 2:33pm
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It may have been your idea, but I take pride in being the inspiration for it!

Rest assured, even though we may not have an EWWWWW button, we are thinking it for nearly everything you post! ;)

TG
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Reply to: #486647 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 3:08pm
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I can't remember how many things I said became an AQ reality, but I'm sure this one about the Notes feature did.

pre
who gave up on the groan button
Re: I'm a PC, and Atlas Quest was my idea.....
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Reply to: #486647 by Green Tortuga
Feb 1, 2010 4:18pm
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Okay, I'll get off the sappy soapbox now. But if you have suggested in idea that has been used, feel free to remind everyone of your contribution! What parts of Atlas Quest were your idea?

I know I fervently wanted online comments. But I don't know if I was the one that started that idea. Thanks for implementing them. :)

Lone R

P.S. Because of this site, I am now so frustrated with the geocaching.com forums. Ideas and suggestions get hashed and re-hashed. Naysayers constantly beat down ideas. The Powers That Be are for the most part silent. Sometimes they come into the forums to say the idea is interesting and they'll think about it but nothing happens. I have yet to read something from TPTB explaining why an idea is not a good one. You sir, you are a great example of how to run the forums -- you listen to ideas, you respond and you always provide thoughtful feedback about why an idea would work or wouldn't work. Kudos to you.
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Reply to: #486742 by KuKu
Feb 1, 2010 4:20pm
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I asked (more than once, sorry for being such a pain) for a notes section for members.

That's one of my favourite features. Love the notes section. Thank you KuKu and Ryan. :)
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Reply to: #486894 by Lone R
Feb 1, 2010 5:26pm
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you always provide thoughtful feedback about why an idea would work or wouldn't work.

I am guilty of not always providing thoughtful feedback. Especially if the suggestion has been posted multiple times, I sometimes let it go because I get tired of answering the same suggestion over and over again, and figure most people are probably tired of hearing me explain why I haven't used the idea at that point anyhow. =)

And sometimes I don't really have anything interesting to say. I'll just read suggestions and mull them over.

And sometimes, when I know people are going to disagree with my reason for not using a suggestion, I may not explain my reason if I don't feel like defending my reason. =)

I usually try to provide thoughtful feedback, but there are plenty of times when I don't and haven't. *humbled*

-- Ryan
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Reply to: #486854 by dancingpecan
Feb 1, 2010 5:36pm
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How about letting planters know how well they plant boxes by

creating an average box life index average of days all planted boxes have been active if you are consistently planting boxes that go missing in 1-2 weeks and see others whose boxes last years you know you are doing something wrong