At It’s Core
The core description of the business was covered here. To borrow from that post:
This will be a poker software and hardware review site titled PokerTechReviews.com. The site will provide reviews and ratings of online poker add-on’s, tools, and the online site’s software. It will also include reviews of the hardware players use to compete online. This will include monitors, computer hardware, chairs, and even desks. Eventually I plan on expanding to the technology behind brick and mortar casinos featuring computerized tables, RFID chips, and whatever else the future holds. Software reviews will be the primary focus on launch but I do plan to expand as quickly as possible into the hardware reviews.
Site Reviews
This will be a scoring based review system. The system will be represented by four(4) Aces.
- One Ace is below average
- Two Aces is average
- Three Aces is above average
- Four Aces is excellent
The four ace system was chosen for it’s ease of recognition and understanding. To determine an overall rating for the program or product an average score of select individual criteria will be done. In the case of software reviews the criteria will be in these select categories:
- User Interface presentation
- Usability
- Features
- Ability of the program to meet intended goals
Reader Reviews
Through the use of the comment system a reader will be able to render their own rating of a program or product. This will also be a four(4) Aces system. Unlike the Site Reviews this will solely be an overall rating. Users will not have access to individual criteria ratings. The average Reader Rating will be displayed along with the Site Rating.
Previews
For upcoming programs that are deemed of high interest to the community a preview of the program will be done. This will be completed with the help of the developer unless the program is in public beta. In this case a preview may not include developer input. Previews will not be rated since by nature this program will not necessarily represent the final release.
Interviews
Along with select reviews and previews their may also be an interview with the software developer(s).
Site Design
Development environment is still to be determined. When developed the site should be intuitive to use. Posting of reviews by writers should be easy to accomplish without any intervention or help from others. Maintenance of comments and addition of site features should be done without need for outside developers.
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