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WayneD · 11-17-2009, 05:13 PM

Perhaps adding a way to customize the Amazon plugin so that the user can limit what bits of acquired data it saves would be a good solution. That would allow us to say "don't save ratings".

I'd go farther than that, though, as I think the official rating field is best left for the user to manipulate. Perhaps the ratings read from Amazon should really be saved as a tag or a comment, since it is a static thing outside of the user's control, and the rating field can then be left for the user to interact with. For those that disagree, the plugin could have an option in its customization settings to control where the rating goes. e.g.: if it has checkboxes for what data to save, have the rating be a radio button for "rating to ratings field", "rating to tag", and off.

11-17-2009, 05:13 PM	#6
WayneD Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Android phone + PRS-505	Perhaps adding a way to customize the Amazon plugin so that the user can limit what bits of acquired data it saves would be a good solution. That would allow us to say "don't save ratings". I'd go farther than that, though, as I think the official rating field is best left for the user to manipulate. Perhaps the ratings read from Amazon should really be saved as a tag or a comment, since it is a static thing outside of the user's control, and the rating field can then be left for the user to interact with. For those that disagree, the plugin could have an option in its customization settings to control where the rating goes. e.g.: if it has checkboxes for what data to save, have the rating be a radio button for "rating to ratings field", "rating to tag", and off.