Post #174884 by Humuhumu on Tue, Jul 26, 2005 2:25 PM

On 2005-07-26 13:49, gwenners wrote:
Apologies for the criticism, I know that a lot of work was put into this.

I actually found Ooga-Mooga a bit difficult to use. Searching was challenging, with a search on "Trader Vic's" returning none of the mugs I had in my collection. Ditto on an overall search on "Tiki Farm."

Likewise, most of my collection -- which is pretty pedestrian -- is not in any template. In one case there is a template (Squatting Tiki decanter), but for a different colour.

It just seems to take a long time to put an entry in.

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

[ Edited by: gwenners 2005-07-26 13:53 ]

No need to apologize! Constructive criticism is what will make Ooga-Mooga better in the long run.

Hopefully, most of the issues you bring up with go away with time, as I get create more mug templates. Already, there are 228 mug templates in the system -- half of those are ones I've created in the last two days, and based on that, I anticipate that I'll have the database up near the 1000 mark in about a week. I realize that doesn't help you today, though.

One approach that others have been taking, which seems to be working well, is adding mugs by using a Basic Mug Template. You can find the link to the Basic Mug Templates on the "Add New Mug" page, but perhaps I should place a link somewhere more obvious. I'm monitoring the mugs people are adding to their collection using the Basic templates, and I'm creating new templates based on the mugs I'm seeing. I then move the mug over to the new template for you. All you have to do is type a little about what you know in the Notes section. Uploading a photo is most helpful of all, of course.

I hope you find that this will help!