WANTED: Beta Testers for Unofficial Reviews

[yungkory]

12 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Hey guys I tried posting a new product review and I can't get past the Product screen. Afer I type in the Sim 2 I get the following screen. A bug or am I doing something wrong. 

You have to click "my product isn't here"

Once we have products populated, stuff will start to show up when people search. Last I checked only the Ping that THV posted was there, and now you can probably find a Callaway Rogue ST Max LS (holy eff that's a mouth full) because I added it?

Also, might want to black that other tab out, it is displaying your email address and you might get spammed. If you get a bunch of Cialis ads -- it wasn't me I swear!!!

[Tarheelvolvo]

@TheOther1, @AlexSunLinks, & @Peejer - have you guys added to the Beta group! 

You should see a new listing under the "Test & Review" section. If you don't find your product listed, create a new listing with a DESCRIPTION of the product - not your review. After creating the product description, then you write your review for it. 

Let me know if your product category is missing and I can get it added relatively quickly.

Thanks!

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

11 hours ago, yungkory said:

You have to click "my product isn't here"

Once we have products populated, stuff will start to show up when people search. Last I checked only the Ping that THV posted was there, and now you can probably find a Callaway Rogue ST Max LS (holy eff that's a mouth full) because I added it?

Also, might want to black that other tab out, it is displaying your email address and you might get spammed. If you get a bunch of Cialis ads -- it wasn't me I swear!!!

This got me dieing 

[tony@CIC]

12 hours ago, yungkory said:

 

Also, might want to black that other tab out, it is displaying your email address and you might get spammed. If you get a bunch of Cialis ads -- it wasn't me I swear!!!

Will it help ............ the Cialis? 

[tony@CIC]

And my SIm 2 Max D review is posted. 

Note to Mods; The scale for Play it or Trade it. Is a one star trade it? This category can be a bit confusing 

[GrumpyGolf]

39 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

Will it help ............ the Cialis? 

Oh, the jokes I could make about turning your Sr Flex staff to an extra stiff ... nah, won't go there!

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Was not added to the BETA chat. 

Is there a way to standardize the equipment name/review title? Feel like this is going to get very clustered quickly.

Maybe something like specific points? I can see folks putting "Titleist TS2 with Ventus blue 6x" or something like that when realy it should just be "Titleist TS2". Should really control the naming.

[Tarheelvolvo]

On 6/13/2022 at 11:05 AM, tony@CIC said:

And my SIm 2 Max D review is posted. 

Note to Mods; The scale for Play it or Trade it. Is a one star trade it? This category can be a bit confusing 

Correct - 1* is bad, 5* is excellent

[Tarheelvolvo]

On 6/13/2022 at 11:12 AM, Lacassem said:

Was not added to the BETA chat. 

Is there a way to standardize the equipment name/review title? Feel like this is going to get very clustered quickly.

Maybe something like specific points? I can see folks putting "Titleist TS2 with Ventus blue 6x" or something like that when realy it should just be "Titleist TS2". Should really control the naming.

Well, we could provide pointers, however we also don't want everything to be formulaic and allow for free expression of ideas and the review. We understand some will be shorter than others. Hopefully members use the Star rating as their guide on what to talk about during their write up. 

With that said, if we start to see a lot of single line or word reviews, we'll look a implementing some measures to dissuade that behavior. 

[tony@CIC]

4 minutes ago, GolfSpy_THV said:

Correct - 1* is bad, 5* is excellent

1* is trade it 5* is play it. 

[Tarheelvolvo]

2 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

1* is trade it 5* is play it. 

[JohnSmalls]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy_THV said:

Well, we could provide pointers, however we also don't want everything to be formulaic and allow for free expression of ideas and the review. We understand some will be shorter than others. Hopefully members use the Star rating as their guide on what to talk about during their write up. 

With that said, if we start to see a lot of single line or word reviews, we'll look a implementing some measures to dissuade that behavior. 

Here's a decent example of what not to do.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

2 hours ago, GolfSpy_THV said:

Well, we could provide pointers, however we also don't want everything to be formulaic and allow for free expression of ideas and the review. We understand some will be shorter than others. Hopefully members use the Star rating as their guide on what to talk about during their write up. 

With that said, if we start to see a lot of single line or word reviews, we'll look a implementing some measures to dissuade that behavior. 

I meant more to the actual title of the review. I think you are going to get a lot of people submitting reviews for the same equipment with different titles is all....Reviews are up to the reviewer....titles can be controlled.

[PMookie]

I can help! Thanks

[TheOther1]

Mods, my review has been posted.  Thanks for letting me help!

I found no bugs or errors in the submission process.  Pictures uploaded fine, the resizing feature worked well, text formatting worked as expected.  I am going to add an audio clip to the review later to see how that is integrated into the post.

Update:  audio uploaded perfect into post. 

Edited June 17, 2022 by TheOther1

[Peejer]

Posted my review tonight on the 2022 OnCore ELIXR golf ball.

One interesting thing was that I cut/pasted a spreadsheet.  When I tried to remove by cutting it back out, it took away the text, but the boxes remained.  That's why there's a large gap at the end of my review.

Also, it'd be great to be able to resize the graphics within the tool, rather than having to do so in an editor and bring it in.  Unless you can and I just couldn't figure it out.

EDITED:  Nevermind, I figured it out...doh!!

Thanks, -- Peejer

[mynerds]

18 hours ago, Peejer said:

Posted my review tonight on the 2022 OnCore ELIXR golf ball.

One issue I noticed on mobile is the indented sections don’t wrap correctly in portrait or landscape (note the clipping on the right side):

 

This is on an iPhone using Safari. Happy to provide detailed version numbers if needed. Additionally the star ratings are not easily readable, but this is also true for non beta areas:

[Tarheelvolvo]

Thanks @Peejer and @mynerds. Really appreciate the feedback. 
 

I’ll see if we can get the readability issues fixed, especially on mobile. Glad you guys got the photo sizing issues fixed up!

 

[ChiefMikeOfficer]

Posted my CT10 review here:

 

 

Did it on desktop, no issues getting it done. Only thought is that there was a lot of overlap between scored categories for this specific type of device, so I kinda struggled to separate everything. 

[Tarheelvolvo]

15 hours ago, ChiefMikeOfficer said:

Posted my CT10 review here:

 

 

Did it on desktop, no issues getting it done. Only thought is that there was a lot of overlap between scored categories for this specific type of device, so I kinda struggled to separate everything. 

Totally understand and we can adjust the rating categories. What suggestions do you have to adjust them?

[ChiefMikeOfficer]

5 hours ago, GolfSpy_THV said:

Totally understand and we can adjust the rating categories. What suggestions do you have to adjust them?

Specifically for the GPS Tracking category (maybe specific to automated trackers and not all GPS devices?), I found myself struggling to differentiate Accuracy vs. On Course Performance, and between Features vs. App/Dashboard. Maybe I'm just misinterpreting the intent of the categories, but these were my debates while writing it:

Accuracy feels like it's just part of OCP for this type of device, and could be dropped (or combined). Things like did it pick up my shot? With the right club? In the right spot? That's how I interpreted "accuracy", but that all feels like OCP to me. Other "accuracy" assessments felt like they'd fit under OCP or Features (e.g. no way to tell it where the hole actually is --> either poor performance or lack of feature; map accuracy could be kinda separate, but also kinda not). 

Features vs. App/Dashboard -- again kinda feel the same to me, or one is just part of the other. I guess in my case the Features could be what I have available on the watch pairing with the sensors, which is separate, but I consider all the stats to be in the Features category too (but those are all on the app/dashboard, so...). I could see these being separate for some other systems, but for mine, they felt kinda the same.