Posted by Nik Coughlin on 10/02/06 07:35

David Segall wrote:
> "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.

In the next iteration it will only ask you to compare each possible pair
once, in a random order, I was just too lazy to do this initially which is
why it is always random. However, the user *will* be able to contradict
themselves. It seems to work better if they can, believe it or not!

Thanks for taking the time to play with it.

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