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Request moderator's attention.  
Written by DarwinSurvivor the 21 Dec 11 at 09:04. New
Currently there is only a short list of "flags" a user can use to get a moderator's attention. Many times the poster of an idea will update their idea (to better conform to guidelines), but they will need to e-mail a moderator to tell them the idea has been updated. There currently does not exist a way for a user to ask a moderator to look into something without contact a specific moderator via e-mail. This means that not only do moderators not know of changes to ideas, disputes over status changes, etc, but if they DO use e-mail, only that one moderator is made aware of the need for review, not the team.
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Solution #1: Allow a "moderator attention requested" tag on comments.
Written by DarwinSurvivor the 21 Dec 11 at 09:04.
The simplest solution I can think of is to have a checkbox next to the comment box that alerts the moderator team (via rss/e-mail/special page/whatever) that there is something in that comment that the moderators should read.



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Notepad++ Make the toolbar appear on two rows instead one.  
Written by latency the 18 Nov 11 at 12:55. New
Notepad++ A lot of the options in the toolbar are not visible when working with a pretty small window.
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Solution #1: Notepad++ Allow breaking the toolbar into two or more rows.
Written by latency the 18 Nov 11 at 12:55.
Notepad++ An option to allow the toolbar to break into two or more rows depending on the window size so that all options in the toolbar are visible.

Maybe even let the user create several custom toolbars that can be stacked on each other.



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QuestionTorrent  
Written by wiedzmin the 15 May 11 at 03:10. New
I think it would be great to have a question-based version of IdeaTorrent.
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Solution #1: QuestionTorrent
Written by wiedzmin the 15 May 11 at 03:10.
You can call it QuestionTorrent and it can be basically the same application, except instead of submitting, ranking and implementing ideas, it would be about asking, answering and rating questions. I would love to have this for my online community.



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Support for MySQL  
Written by healthyelijah@gmail.com the 29 Mar 09 at 05:49. New
It would be nice to choose between MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Developer comments
Seems this is the most asked feature!
Guess what? This will be implemented for the next 2.0 version!
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Solution #1: Support MySQL
Written by healthyelijah@gmail.com the 29 Mar 09 at 05:49.
Write code to support MySQL



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Allow comments on solutions (not just ideas)  
Written by tehalynn the 23 Nov 09 at 01:29. New
Sometimes you want to comment on a specific solution. As far as I know, the only way to do this now is to mention a solution when commenting on the idea.
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Solution #1: Add a comments section below each solution
Written by tehalynn the 23 Nov 09 at 01:29.
On the idea page (where you can see comments and add your own), show a comments section beneath each solution. The comments section starts collapsed, saying "4 comments on this solution" and possibly "add a comment". These links expand the solution's comments section, showing the comments and allowing you to add one.



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Order of solutions  
Written by Oxwivi the 20 Oct 10 at 15:27. New
Solutions are displayed in the order of submission. This prevents the newer solutions to be immediately viewed, and subsequently seen by less users than the older solutions.
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Solution #1: Display newer solutions first and the total number of solutions
Written by Oxwivi the 20 Oct 10 at 15:27.
Showing the newer solutions submitted at the beginning will bring more attention to them. In addition the total number of solutions should be displayed so the voters are informed how many more solutions are there, so they may check them out.



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Votes for a given solution influences others  
Written by Oxwivi the 20 Oct 10 at 15:23. New
The displayed votes influences the subsequent voters and could drastically change what the actual result could have been.
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Solution #1: Hide the votes
Written by Oxwivi the 20 Oct 10 at 15:23.
Hiding the votes would protect further voters from influencing their choice to get a more accurate result.



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Donate via PayPal to up your idea  
Written by thom.mp the 10 Apr 09 at 04:26. New
This will allow for all sorts of new business models in open source. You can literally buy influence over certain open source projects. So if a company really wants a certain feature, they pay the developers to implement that idea over others. This would definitely not be for every project, but for some, it would be a godsend of a revenue stream. This is a really radical idea so please discuss.
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Solution #1: PayPal integration
Written by thom.mp the 10 Apr 09 at 04:26.
Allow users to pay a cent for a vote. This feature will obviously be optional, and can be turned off at different levels. (It's not used at all, it's used but the ideas are in a different pool from the non-commercial ones, it's used but the user controls whether or not they view commercial and non-commercial ideas together, etc.)



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revert to independent ideas  
Written by dinar the 1 Aug 10 at 12:15. New
revert to independent ideas.
it was in ubuntu brainstorm before january 2009.
independent ideas instead of solutions bunched to "rationales".
see also for more description:
http://www.ideatorrent.org/node/134
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17273/
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Solution #1: revert to independent ideas.
Written by dinar the 1 Aug 10 at 12:15.
revert to independent ideas.



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Other Users Can See Demoted Ideas  
Written by Deluge the 12 Jul 10 at 13:08. New
Anyone with an account can log in, click on a user's name and view ideas that that particular user has promoted/demoted. This decreases the level of anonymity that some might prefer, and may cause conflicts if one user sees that another has demoted his/her idea.
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Solution #1: Add Setting to Show/Hide Ideas Promoted/Demoted
Written by Deluge the 12 Jul 10 at 13:08.
Users should have the option of allowing others to see the ideas that they have promoted/demoted. In each users dashboard there could be an option to show/hide ideas that he/she has promoted or demoted. I suggest that the options be independent for promoted and demoted. That way the user can choose to show one and hide the other, show both or hide both. Anonymity may promote more honesty.



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Allow Editing Title Before Moderator Approval  
Written by Deluge the 12 Jul 10 at 12:55. New
Currently only the Idea Rational Description can be edited before an idea receives approval. I submitted an idea on a site's IdeaTorrent and later regretted the title that I chose.
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Solution #1: Change the "Title" field to be editable
Written by Deluge the 12 Jul 10 at 12:55.
Just allow idea submitters to edit the title of their idea while it is waiting for approval.



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Name Change may increase appeal  
Written by sakaa the 6 Jul 10 at 02:12. New
Great idea !. I have thought about a similar concept and I really believe in the utility of a service like this. I think it could be implemented more and I really feel like it should.

But I think the name is a little obstructive. I think too many people have too specific connotations they associate with the word torrent. I see the idea of having a stream or torrent as a visual canvas for what this service does.

But I think it could maybe a little better.
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Solution #1: New Name
Written by sakaa the 6 Jul 10 at 02:12.
Here are some completely top of the head suggestions for possible inspiration.

* IdeaStream
* TideIdea
* VoteIdea
* Vodea
* Ideaflow
* Idealize
* IdeaTip
* IdeaMotion
* BrightIdea
* Hunch
* KeyIdea
* Ideakey
* IdeaMix
* IdeaAim
* IdeaSpunk
* IdeaTweak
* IdeaLeap
* ClearIdea
* IdeaBead
[...]
* IdeaReam
* ClearIdea



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Don't show "Idea Sandbox" to normal users  
Written by ronancr the 4 Jun 10 at 15:05. New
Don't show "Idea Sandbox" to normal users, just moderators.
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Solution #1: Filter "Idea Sandbox" so that it is showed only to moderators
Written by ronancr the 4 Jun 10 at 15:05.
Filter "Idea Sandbox" so that it is showed only to moderators


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Solution #2: Normal Users May Be Inclined to Return for Ideas from Sandbox
Written by Deluge the 12 Jul 10 at 13:17.
I think that normal users should be able to see the sandbox. If they find an idea in there that they like, they may keep returning to check if that specific idea has been approved so they can vote on it. I just think it allows ideas to be better advertised. Chances are more users will contribute to ideas if they can see it as soon as it is submitted.



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There are many languages in the world  
Written by holgerd the 26 Jun 09 at 01:18. New
My potential users do not speak english.
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Solution #1: Give me an option to translate the interface of IdeaStorm
Written by holgerd the 26 Jun 09 at 01:18.
If I had a language file to translate, I would happily do it. :)



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Ineffective implementation management  
Written by shnatsel the 27 May 10 at 22:30. New
As I scroll through Ubuntu Brainstorm, I see lots of solutions which are already implemented, but since they're not marked as implemented, they are still being discussed, voted for etc. - they simply waste effort of the community.
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Solution #1: Implement solutions, solve rationale
Written by shnatsel the 27 May 10 at 22:30.
First of all, that's the most natural way. People implement solutions to solve the problem described in ideas rationale. When enough solutions are implemented, the problem is solved. Second, it solves the effort wasting problem.



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IdeaTorrent sites are separate from the rest of the web  
Written by bitplane the 6 May 10 at 06:40. New
People want to share their ideas, tell their friends about them.

Projects want people to discuss the ideas, post new solutions and vote on the suggestions.

It would be nice to have some mechanism to suck users in from other places when ideas are posted or voted on.
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Solution #1: Add semantics using microformats and RSS feeds
Written by bitplane the 6 May 10 at 06:40.
XFN's identity tag can be used to declare ownership of a profile page, a rel=me link (or rel="nofollow me" to thwart spammers) back to the user's home page would declare ownership of the page. rel="me" links between sub-pages of the profile would allow all pages to become one big profile.

http://gmpg.org/xfn/11

Then provide an Atom and/or RSS feed on each user page (comments, problems, solutions, ++votes, --votes) which can be followed by visitors. Atom would be best as it has author tags.

This information could then be fed into social networking and aggregating tools like Google Buzz, Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader and so on.



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Describing interfaces using text only can be very difficult  
Written by dpolivaev the 11 Jun 09 at 16:07. New
Communicating of a new idea can be difficult if one can use only words. Particularly if change of user interface is proposed, the best possible way to communicate the idea and to describe possible solutions is making a picture and embedding it into the idea rationale or into solution description.
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Solution #1: Upload image files and insert them into IdeaTorrent pages
Written by dpolivaev the 11 Jun 09 at 16:07.
One picture tells more than thousand words.

Therefore it should be possible to upload graphical image files to IdeaTorrent like it works for the most wiki applications.

It should be possible to insert images on the pages with idea descriptions.


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Solution #2: Use an external image host
Written by aaditya the 31 Jul 09 at 20:54.
... like photobucket, and embed the image here using an tag.


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Solution #3: Use approach similar to ReviewBoard
Written by Zelgadis the 18 Aug 09 at 06:59.
Use approach similar to ReviewBoard http://www.review-board.org/.

Example: http://patches.synfig.org/r/23/s/2/



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Make IdeaTorrent standalone  
Written by Caglow the 16 May 09 at 21:23. New
I'd like for IdeaTorrent to become a standalone script which does not require anything else to run. This might take some time, yes, but I think it would expand the userbase exponentially once done.
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Solution #1: Code the Essential Parts
Written by Caglow the 16 May 09 at 21:23.
Write code for the essential parts the program does not already have including those which perform database connections, etc...anything that Drupal does that IdeaTorrent needs.


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Solution #2: Use Drupal to Make Idea Torrent Robust
Written by philbar the 19 May 09 at 21:41.
If it's not broken, don't fix it. Recoding what Drupal already does is just a waste of time.

In fact, other Drupal modules should be leveraged to make Idea Torrent more robust such as VotingAPI.

If for no other reason, do you really want to create your own theming engine?


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Solution #3: Use Drupal to make it look like it's standalone
Written by jgreep the 30 Sep 09 at 21:21.
Use Drupal as the core, but make it appear within a single region, with that region being the only thing visible on the page.



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Tags automatically removed.  
Written by Rohaq the 19 Apr 10 at 19:01. New
It looks like any kind of tags entered are automatically removed; I wanted to insert some XML into the Notepad++ IdeaTorrent, as an example on how to improve their syntax highlighting system, however IdeaTorrent swallowed it up, meaning I had to manually enter their HTML entities.
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Solution #1: Convert tags to HTML entities
Written by Rohaq the 19 Apr 10 at 19:01.
I suggest converting all ampersands into &amp; and < and > converted into their HTML entities &lt; and &gt; to prevent display errors.

Additionally, any future versions should check for current entries from old versions where people have used HTML entities to bypass this, and convert them accordingly to prevent display errors.

Additionally, some further syntax to allow for specific formatting (i.e. bold, italic tags, code tags, etc.) would be welcomed, as they could be used to better display text.



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Fast enetering of ideas: 5 minutes waiting problem or import/export  
Written by fivetrees the 16 Apr 10 at 23:56. New
There is urgent need to import thousands of ideas from ideas campaign

or to put hundreds manually.

If trying to type manually I (administrator) can't do this fast, because even admin has no right to do this without 5 minutes interval
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Solution #1: To make 5 minutes interval as option
Written by fivetrees the 16 Apr 10 at 23:56.
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Solution #2: To make clear import/export option
Written by fivetrees the 16 Apr 10 at 23:57.
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