[browsershots-factories] Reward people who have a high -m setting

[Ben Mason]

I totally agree...


On 08/05/2008 21:10, "Scott McMullan" <smcmullan at targetrx.com> wrote:

> I don't know how hard it would be to revamp the accounting and payment system,
> but it seems weird (to me) to waste cycles on that task.  There are so many
> distributed computing platforms that offer zero support for the contributors,
> but ask for all your spare cycles.  I've appreciated the service I've gotten
> from browsershots, and I'm giving cycles more because I appreciate it, than
> for the kickbacks.  The few dollars I'll get out of it is nowhere near the
> value of my time to set up and babysit the factories; if my monthly kickback
> is $10 under the current scheme or $15 under any new scheme, I'd rather have
> Johann spend his time making the servers faster or the code more reliable, and
> let some other contributor get "my" $5.
> 
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> [mailto:browsershots-factories-bounces at lists.browsershots.org] On Behalf Of
> Ian Egland
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:59 PM
> To: browsershots-factories at lists.browsershots.org
> Subject: Re: [browsershots-factories] Reward people who have a high -m setting
> 
> 
> Same here, but I agree with his argument all the same. It's quality that
> should be rewarded, not quantity.
> 
> -Ian
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Scott McMullan <smcmullan at targetrx.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Does the default behavior for this vary windows vs. linux?
> I'm only running Windows factories, haven't touched -m, and it seems to scroll
> down all the way for every page I've seen.
> 
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> From: browsershots-factories-bounces at lists.browsershots.org
> [mailto:browsershots-factories-bounces at lists.browsershots.org] On Behalf Of
> Ian Egland
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:53 PM
> To: browsershots-factories at lists.browsershots.org
> Subject: Re: [browsershots-factories] Reward people who have a high -m setting
> 
> 
> I second that.
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Thomas Schaaf <thomas at schaafs.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Okay since some people didn't understand me:
> You get money for every screenshot you take.
> If you change the -m Parameter you can change how many times the program
> scrolls. The greater the number the bigger the document which has to be
> uploaded with every 3 scrolls the size basically doubles which makes the
> upload time double as well. Because time is money I lose money because I am
> nice. I know this is not only about money but why should people who only
> scroll once get the same money like the people that's machines scroll 6 or
> even 8 times. I think this parameter should not be allowed to change except by
> the server. That way people who are supporting us if they have long webpages
> can look at them and take screenshots. Those who are not, don't get that long
> of a site and 5 scrollings are enough. 10 is a lot so I think it is fair.
> 
> Thomas
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> [mailto:browsershots-factories-bounces at lists.browsershots.org] Im Auftrag von
> Dominik Honnef
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2008 18:48
> An: browsershots-factories at lists.browsershots.org
> Betreff: Re: [browsershots-factories] Reward people who have a high -m setting
> 
> 
> What do you mean by reward and what do you mean by 5 and 10?
> 
> On [Thu, 08.05.2008 16:54], Thomas Schaaf wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I think it is unfair that the -m setting is not being rewarded. Making just
>> one
>> screenshot instead of 6 takes a lot less time( specially the upload)! I think
>> this is not fair and for that reason I think people with a higher -m should
>> get
>> rewarded.. you can track how many screens they up.. if its 1 or 6..
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> What would be best is 5 for non priority users and 10 for priority
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> Thomas
>> 
>> 
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