I have a suggestion for the next MsgPlus release...
As referred to in the subject, I'd like to suggest a feature that would make it easier for the general public to make us translators aware of errors/typos in our translations.

Currently people have to go to www.msgplus.net, open the forum page and create a user account just report an error - that's actually very inconvenient. No wonder we never receive any feedback!

Therefor I hereby suggest an addition to the About window.
Something like this, perhaps:

"Found an error in the Danish translation? Comments/questions regarding the translation?

E-mail the translators your comments
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post your comments on the Messenger Plus! Forum."

..where clicking "E-mail the translators your comments" would open a simple form that would quickly allow users to report errors and then get back to business. A click on "Messenger Plus! Forum" would, of course, take you to the MsgPlus forums.


//Anders

I support this suggestion and highly recommend it

// Peter

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Just another of those stupid danes

nice nice

I agree that it should be easier for people to report errors and I'll have to work on something for that (some kind of special page on my site).. however, I can guiarentee you that you don't want your email to be distributed and publicly available to any user of Plus!... you will receive lots of emails from people thinking that you'cre the creator of the program, and when I say lots, I mean it . You can probably count on your daily dose of insults related to the sponsor, tens of questions, etc...

I'll probably ask DZ or someone else at some point to make it easier... dont know how, dont know when

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Originally posted by Patchou
you will receive lots of emails from people thinking that you'cre the creator of the program, and when I say lots, I mean it . You can probably count on your daily dose of insults related to the sponsor, tens of questions, etc...

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Originally posted by Patchou

[...]however, I can guiarentee you that you don't want your email to be distributed and publicly available to any user of Plus!... you will receive lots of emails from people thinking that you'cre the creator of the program, and when I say lots, I mean it . You can probably count on your daily dose of insults related to the sponsor, tens of questions, etc...

I'll probably ask DZ or someone else at some point to make it easier... dont know how, dont know when

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it'd be nice, however i see the problem Patchou said: too much people sendig us emails. Maybe the best would be a page in msgplus.net or here or somehwere, where users can submit (without registering) their opinions/suggestions/bugs about the translations and we, translators, will be notified when there are new comments. Then we go there and can mark them read, and/or leave a note to other translators (of the same language)

that would be lovely - I propose some of you do that


// Kian

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"Just another of those stupid Danes"
- Kian

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Originally posted by Choli
it'd be nice, however i see the problem Patchou said: too much people sendig us emails. Maybe the best would be a page in msgplus.net or here or somehwere, where users can submit (without registering) their opinions/suggestions/bugs about the translations and we, translators, will be notified when there are new comments. Then we go there and can mark them read, and/or leave a note to other translators (of the same language)

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I support this suggestion and highly recommend it (again)


// Kian

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"Just another of those stupid Danes"
- Kian

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Originally posted by Patchou
I can guiarentee you that you don't want your email to be distributed and publicly available to any user of Plus!... you will receive lots of emails from people thinking that you'cre the creator of the program, and when I say lots, I mean it . You can probably count on your daily dose of insults related to the sponsor, tens of questions, etc...

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I'll probably ask DZ or someone else at some point to make it easier... dont know how, dont know when

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Originally posted by Kian
First of all the form should not show the eMails - onely a subject and a textbox...

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Originally posted by Kian
Second of all - why is it impossible to use Flash-files as avatar ?

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Originally posted by Choli
Maybe the best would be a page in msgplus.net or here or somehwere, where users can submit (without registering) their opinions/suggestions/bugs about the translations and we, translators, will be notified when there are new comments. Then we go there and can mark them read, and/or leave a note to other translators (of the same language)

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Originally posted by WDZ
maybe guest posting should be allowed in the Translation forum

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but we need some kind of coomunications between the users and the translators... it is silly that Patchou should administrate all that worldwide if it is possible to point the mail directly to the translators...

I still propose a form-window in the Plus! > About Plus! - like a button and then a new form appears where comments etc can be written - submitted to the server which redirect the traffic to the corresponding translatorteam


// Kian

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This letter was written with a golf-glove on my left hand

That button could also be included in the Language section of the Preferences Panel....


Anyway, sounds like a nice idea. Good luck implementing it.

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Originally posted by Choli
I though about that but didn't suggest it because in that case, the Translation forum may became in a everyone-can-post-here-askig-for-help and spammy forum.

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I think it would be better, to store messages, in a DB, and at the end of the day, send an email to the translators. That way, it would reduce the amount of mails to one.

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Originally posted by leito.gt
I think it would be better, to store messages, in a DB, and at the end of the day, send an email to the translators. That way, it would reduce the amount of mails to one.

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Well, if anyone still cares, I'm probably not going to complete this project. I've been kinda discouraged... first there was this shoutbox conversation...

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/attachment.php?pid=230151

(Summary of problems: 1. Some translators would not want to participate, thus making the notification system incomplete. 2. Regular users might have trouble finding and using the script.)

Then I read some references to MenthiX's translator database thing... I figure if he already has a site with all the translator data, it makes much more sense for him to make the translator notification script, and integrate it into his existing system.

I don' think i should be snding emails, people don't like being mailed that much. It could be an option to get a mail when somebody submits smething and set that off for default for all translators. But what i like better is that they se the whole list of submitted error when thy get translating again just before the rlease of a new version.

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Originally posted by WDZ
I figure if he already has a site with all the translator data, it makes much more sense for him to make the translator notification script, and integrate it into his existing system.

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Just a link on the languge section of the preferences panel that takes users to a web (or not web) form that stores complaints in a database. The translator accesses a web page that shows all complaints and resolves/answers/deletes them... no need to give our emails to users...