Site Issues/Improvements

Site Looks Fresh

2010-04-08T08:47:30Z

Hello, I could observe a lot of changes in the website. Now we can edit design and also upload the content. This is great. But I am unable to see all my uploaded videos. Hope to see this contest revive to glory once again. <3 Warm Regards, Boseji

Testing forums

2009-10-28T17:53:59Z

testing

Testing forunms

2009-09-08T15:58:11Z

Temporary text to test Forum's functionality.:unsure:

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-02-02T22:17:10Z

I agree ... it discredits the whole outcome.

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-31T04:05:27Z

I don't know if there is any rational and fair way to handle the voting process. For sure Microchip will not change the rules in the middle of the contest to avoid becoming liable. I like the idea of people participating and a technical community to rate and vote for the best designs, but actually the "community" does not exist, it became mostly a club of fans, friends and family of the contestants, then what relevance the votes have to help pick the best designs ... imho, not much. Cheers

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-31T03:57:29Z

Why are still projects with the software code as private ? Kind of interesting for people to be voting for something they can't see ... Cheers

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-29T15:55:57Z

Just testing :(

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-27T02:31:38Z

I count 19 projects that appear to have 'finished' phase 3 (not counting RadioRuler who has stated that he is bowing out). So almost half of us have a chance...! It's never been stated how the community votes are really counted. If the community counts for 50%..., well, 50% of what? If the 3 judges are the other 50%, how does it work? I guess one way would be like this: Assume there are a total of 333 community votes across all the projects, then each judge gets to cast 111 votes in total, for any project that meets the basic requirements. Or, it could be that the 3 judges get together and agree on their top 8, then each of those top 8 gets [333 / 8 = 41.625] votes added to their community votes. It would be possible for the judges to deliberately 'skew' their votes to help folks that don't have many community votes. So suppose 'A' has 100 C-votes, and 'B' has 10 C-votes, but the judges think that 'B' is a better project, they could help 'stuff the ballot-box' for 'B' to push him into the top 8. However it works, I'm hoping that it works in my favor, since I don't have very many community votes... -_- Pete

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-26T22:26:17Z

Thanks for your comments jgray. I didn't find anywhere a clear indication for how long the voting process will be open. What sounds ironic with this process is that people already voted before we finished with this phase, then what people have been voting for ? Also, besides clearing the votes and ratings from the previous phase nothing seems to have changed to make the process more transparent and fair. Anyway, we'll see what happens. Best Regards Jorge

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-26T21:07:59Z

[quote=jgray ] Is there any chance employees of the sponsors will vote? I'd still like to see an influx of unbiased votes.[/quote] That would be great ... I agree with un-biased voting -- I feel 'doomed' otherwise. Good luck y'all ... now I need some sleep! :O [yawn]

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-26T18:38:54Z

I mostly agree. Part of me feels like I'm giving in when I ask so many people to vote for me :*). But I've also been in the contracting game and consumer electronics business long enough to realize that compromises like this are normal. Sometimes you just have to play the game that's dealt whether you agree with it or not. :wacko: That doesn't mean I'd start creating new accounts just to stay in, though. And nice job on the project and the video, Jorge. I've learned since my earlier message that voting isn't frozen yet (or at least the admin that responded didn't think they are supposed to be). I'm glad to know that, but would like to know how long voting will be open. Is there any chance employees of the sponsors will vote? I'd still like to see an influx of unbiased votes.

RE: unable to upload a new source code (zip file)

2009-01-26T12:56:44Z

Attach the file to an email to Sandro using: [url=http://mypic32.com/web/guest/contactus]email[/url]

unable to upload a new source code (zip file)

2009-01-26T12:18:18Z

Hi, I would like to ask how can I upload a new source code (zip by phase III.) The tiny java window tells me: Denied : Max. files allowed : 1 How can I delete the old source code (zip file). With the hope, that I can make it before the deadline, please post me a reply/an answer. Thanks, Best Regards: Duc

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-25T17:43:18Z

To be frank, with all the website issues and after the fiasco of last phase voting I'm not willing to bother people for votes, and I prefer to use my creativity and time on the design and provide a good service for paying customers. I thought we were in a design contest not a popularity one ... Good luck everybody. Kind Regards Jorge

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-25T04:20:12Z

:angry: I did use the 'contact us' link to report a MAJOR problem Thursday (1/22/09), but got ignored until today (after I sent another message). And now, it's too late. No new votes are being allowed because practically everyone trying to 'join' cannot log in. Instead, they get 'account temporarily unavailable'. Sure, I take responsibility in waiting till my project was basically done before I asked people to vote for it. But of the 40 to 50 people I expected to vote for me this past week, only one succeeded.

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-24T22:15:02Z

Perhaps their clock works like this website ... I stopped posting to the forum because I'm tired of wasting time dealing with it. Cheers

RE: As we finish Phase III

2009-01-24T22:09:59Z

The Freeze Stage of Phase III is just a few hours away ..... HOURS???? I thought we had a couple more days????:blink:

As we finish Phase III

2009-01-23T22:10:56Z

The Freeze Stage of Phase III is just a few hours away and we want to make sure we attend any urgent needs of the community. Remember the best and fastest way to contact us is emailing Sandro using our [url=http://mypic32.com/web/guest/contactus]Contact Us[/url] link. We thank all those members who contacted us recently using this link to advice us of a problem in the forums page. Unfortunately none of you would've done it using this thread since that was precisely the problem (dah!). We have been and will continue to monitor closely all sensitive areas of the site and this designated thread for any signs of trouble. We are happy to say that we haven't had to address any issues here since 10/22/08. We take this opportunity to wish all Phase III contestants the best of luck and to the entire community our thanks and appreciation for keeping this site thriving. Looking forward to Phase IV the final stage of myPIC32. Sincerely, The myPIC32 Team.

RE: Google Chrome ...

2008-11-08T02:24:01Z

Hi, I tied to install the Chrome. I am getting the Same FireFox experience. Not much of a performance boost. In firefox I have additional protection with NO-Script so I feel still FF rulz. Best of Luck, Boseji

RE: Google Chrome ...

2008-11-08T01:24:11Z

I tried Google Chrome for a while and indeed it is very fast. However 2 things about it made me switch back to IE7: - It does not have a ZOOM feature like IE7, where you can magnify text AND images - it does not work with FOXIT PDF reader.