Every time we get a new minor release, my heart leaps with the possibility that one of my pet issues has been resolved. Sadly, I have been disappointed the last few times, but I'm always hopeful that they will be included in the next minor release.
I understand that many of the new features are "keep the lights on" types of issues, things that aren't sexy but keep the product running smoothly. If the feature list were completely democratic, these features would never get implemented and we'd all suffer. But, it would be really nice if a certain portion (say, 40-50%) of the features in new releases were decided by the user community.
At the risk of being too democratic, could you create a page on the Support Forum with the top 100 (or 1000) feature requests so we could vote on them? You can track who has voted for each item so nobody stuffs the ballot box. You can even ask for a level of urgency (gotta have this feature, nice to have, would be detrimental to my trading, etc.). You can even limit the number of "must haves" that each person can vote for.
You can categorize these feature requests based on how hard it would be to implement - no need to be precise, just an indication if this will fit into a major release, minor release or bug fix release. If I had only 3 "must have" votes I'd put them all on the big issues, but if I had 1 "must have" for each category, some of the easy-to-implement and important items would bubble up to the top.
The current method of counting the number of suggestions is imprecise, since some of us will assume that you're already working on something because so many people have already asked for it. Or, a bunch of users may be spamming you with hundreds of similar but not identical requests.
You could even create a sticky thread for each of the top 100 items with your understanding of the situation and the solution, and everybody can then chime in if they like it or if they'd like a slightly different implementation.
This is all in addition to the existing Suggestions and Feedback forum, which is great and would be your source for determining which features make the Top 100 list.
I understand that many of the new features are "keep the lights on" types of issues, things that aren't sexy but keep the product running smoothly. If the feature list were completely democratic, these features would never get implemented and we'd all suffer. But, it would be really nice if a certain portion (say, 40-50%) of the features in new releases were decided by the user community.
At the risk of being too democratic, could you create a page on the Support Forum with the top 100 (or 1000) feature requests so we could vote on them? You can track who has voted for each item so nobody stuffs the ballot box. You can even ask for a level of urgency (gotta have this feature, nice to have, would be detrimental to my trading, etc.). You can even limit the number of "must haves" that each person can vote for.
You can categorize these feature requests based on how hard it would be to implement - no need to be precise, just an indication if this will fit into a major release, minor release or bug fix release. If I had only 3 "must have" votes I'd put them all on the big issues, but if I had 1 "must have" for each category, some of the easy-to-implement and important items would bubble up to the top.
The current method of counting the number of suggestions is imprecise, since some of us will assume that you're already working on something because so many people have already asked for it. Or, a bunch of users may be spamming you with hundreds of similar but not identical requests.
You could even create a sticky thread for each of the top 100 items with your understanding of the situation and the solution, and everybody can then chime in if they like it or if they'd like a slightly different implementation.
This is all in addition to the existing Suggestions and Feedback forum, which is great and would be your source for determining which features make the Top 100 list.
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