As I look beyond the forum, I find other features of HTF 2.0 that are intriguing but baffling. I'd like to understand the intention and interplay of the features. I'll start the discussion with a practical example.
In 2008 I bought a Logitech Harmony One remote and wrote a review about it. From my initial comments came additional discussion and some (I hope) helpful Q&A for other prospective owners.
New to HTF 2.0 is the Gear & Movies section. It has a spot for a review for the Harmony One so I've added my review.
So how does the new Gear section relate to the Forums? My review is completely separate from my discussion. The review isn't open to discussion, for Q&A, for troubleshooting. It seems wholly divorced from the forums.
Conversely, should my thread on the One not have a review, since there's a separate review section? Are discussions only for troubleshooting? If I'm searching and talking in the forums, I'm obviously not getting the proper reviews from the Gear section.
This is not a complaint: this is a plea for help! What is the design goal for these separate but thematically overlapping sections? It's like there are two nearly identical sub-sections that should completely overlap but are kept in separate walled gardens. I don't get it.
The idea for a formal review system is appealing. But it seems that "reviews" is a subset of "forum" and shouldn't be an effectively separate website. Rather, reviews should be directly integrated into the forums.
Am I missing something really obvious about the HTF 2.0 integration system? How does Huddler explain this concept? What's going on here?
Edited by DaveF - 7/2/2009 at 01:39 am GMT
In 2008 I bought a Logitech Harmony One remote and wrote a review about it. From my initial comments came additional discussion and some (I hope) helpful Q&A for other prospective owners.
New to HTF 2.0 is the Gear & Movies section. It has a spot for a review for the Harmony One so I've added my review.
So how does the new Gear section relate to the Forums? My review is completely separate from my discussion. The review isn't open to discussion, for Q&A, for troubleshooting. It seems wholly divorced from the forums.
Conversely, should my thread on the One not have a review, since there's a separate review section? Are discussions only for troubleshooting? If I'm searching and talking in the forums, I'm obviously not getting the proper reviews from the Gear section.
This is not a complaint: this is a plea for help! What is the design goal for these separate but thematically overlapping sections? It's like there are two nearly identical sub-sections that should completely overlap but are kept in separate walled gardens. I don't get it.
The idea for a formal review system is appealing. But it seems that "reviews" is a subset of "forum" and shouldn't be an effectively separate website. Rather, reviews should be directly integrated into the forums.
Am I missing something really obvious about the HTF 2.0 integration system? How does Huddler explain this concept? What's going on here?
Edited by DaveF - 7/2/2009 at 01:39 am GMT
