Brainstorm

Brainstorm type sites that I have used before allow users to rate the ideas themselves, but the current maemo.org implementation appears to only allow rating the solutions.  Whilst this is nice to see which solution would be preferred, it does not give a clear indication of which ideas are considered the most useful/important by the community.  A further issue with the current system is that if you do not propose a solution to your idea, you can't get any votes at all.  Rating of the idea itself should be the most obvious option available to a viewer, and solution ratings should be kept but given less emphasis.

Currently landing in Brainstorm is pretty bad. First you need to find it or even know it exists. Then the default page (now http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/list/ideas/fremantle/) is anything but simple and self-explanatory for a newcomer. And not even that useful for regular visitors. There is already a proposal for Improving the Brainstorm layout but this one here concentrates on the landing page and the ways to get there.

Talk discussion: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=32112

The layout of the Brainstorm is quite confusing and affects the overall usability of the site, not only for newcomers but also after regular use. There are some proposals already open - vote for them!

• Add voting for the actual ideas would imply listings of proposals without listing the solutions proposed for each proposal.

• Users tend to file solutions as problems into maemo.org brainstorm would help getting shorter proposals just stating problems, favouring shorter listings as well.

• Watching brainstorm would direct regular users directly to proposal pages, bypassing the less efficient listings.

• Brainstorm discussion split between Brainstorm and Talk would leave the proposal pages cleaner, only with problem and solutions being voted and the discussion happening elsewhere.

Here you can post solutions concentrating on the UI layout.