Posted by David Segall on 10/02/06 05:42

"Nik Coughlin" <nrkn.com@gmail.com> wrote:

>A work in progress, would like anyone who has a moment to please take a
>look:
>
>Current site is http://rankmylist.com/
>
>Next version is http://rankmylist.com/testTabs/
>
>The tables for layout will be replaced with CSS in the next iteration.
>
>So far tested in IE6/7 and newest versions of Firefox and Opera, seems to
>work fine.
>
>Any comments, critiques, questions or suggestions on the html/css, layout or
>mechanics of the page very welcome!
The sort algorithm does not seem to terminate! If I enter 1,2 it just
keeps asking me to compare them. You need an algorithm that uses the
minimum number of comparisons and maintains the original order for
equal values - the "I don't know" case. You also need an algorithm
that never gives the user a chance to contradict himself. That is, if
he prefers 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 then he must not be asked to compare 1
and 3 in case he decides on 3. I'd like to give you a suitable
algorithm but I don't know one.

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