I usually find spreadsheets harder to compare when it gets bigger (similar to the comparison table on wikipedia). I have added the first few sub-lists on Romku:
Wasn't even aware Romku existed. What a cool service. I personally think, though, that the spreadsheet is more useful, just because I can compare features without having to click on multiple choices and looking at each individual list of features. However, the spreadsheet can indeed become unwieldy. Might be more useful as separate spreadsheets for each category if it gets too large.
Actually, you can also compare the features of multiple profiles: click on the icon below each star ratings on a given list and then click on "Compare" on the little box that appears at the bottom left of the screen. For instance, for the issue tracker software: http://www.romku.com/compare/144524/189564/152689/152158/144...
For two pages google cse is more than enough, I would even think you don't even need a search box.
I was thinking more than just a poll but also providing a way to compare the various solutions available.
Having full-time employees (as opposed to paying random people) creating the content and paid by for the quality of the content rather by the content would be better then. As long as there is an issue way to evaluate their "quality".
Not really. Don't think of badges & karma too literally. They are just tools to provide gratification.
It wouldn't be effective for Wikipedia since only the feeling that you are contributing to the most popular encyclopedia in the world gives you enough gratification to do it. Linux contributors don't need badges for the very similar reasons too.
But of course, the smaller you are, more tools and tricks you need to utilize to help users feel gratification for their contribution. This is the key.
I was under the impression that most Linux contributors were actually paid by some other employer who happened to use the Linux kernel in their own products and contributed their patches and drivers back upstream. That said, there are still a large portion who do the same sort of work completely for free.
Same, I feel that if there is a good coverage from unit testing, then you should only need sanity checking. Furthermore, if you are using jquery (which itself is well testing on all the browsers), then you should have more confidence that your javascript will work (providing you're not using non-cross-browser javascript on top of jquery)
