Kiva's New Look

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[Diane R]

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[cjp1973]

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[JohnAtKiva]

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All right, sounds good Diane and Charmaine.  I'll put in a change request!

John

[AccountAbility]

Since we are looking at unfortunate words, how about changing the column in My Credits from "Price" to something else (anything else!)? 

How about just "Amount"?

Dan

P.S. It of course would be too much to expect a label change from the whole section called "My Credits" to something else which implies that it also shows "My Debits"

[JohnAtKiva]

Since we are looking at unfortunate words, how about changing the column in My Credits from "Price" to something else (anything else!)?  How about just "Amount"?

That makes sense to me.  I'll put in a request to change that.

Btw, thanks for identifying the problem and also suggesting a solution!  It makes it much easier for me to put in change requests, and also it makes me fee a bit like we're all in this together!

P.S. It of course would be too much to expect a label change from the whole section called "My Credits" to something else which implies that it also shows "My Debits"

I can definitely look into this.  I did some checking and saw that you had previously requested that My Credits be renamed My Transactions:

... [change] its silly name from "My Credits" (since it contains "my debits" as well) back to "My Transactions" ...

I can ask around at Kiva HQ, but it's a holiday weekend so I thought I'd start here: does anyone remember when the name was changed from My Transactions?  Also, anyone have any insight into why the name may have been changed?

Thanks!
John

[alan]

I can ask around at Kiva HQ, but it's a holiday weekend so I thought I'd start here: does anyone remember when the name was changed from My Transactions?  Also, anyone have any insight into why the name may have been changed?

I believe the change predates my time on Kiva, but as a guess, I wonder if it was made in favour of using a shorter word to allow squeezing of the space?

[JohnAtKiva]

P.S. It of course would be too much to expect a label change from the whole section called "My Credits" to something else which implies that it also shows "My Debits"

Actually, now that I think about it... the My Credit section shows your running Credit Balance.  It also shows your Repayment, Auto Lending and Inactivity Settings, all of which tell Kiva what you'd like to do with your Credits (under various scenarios).

I realize that there are debits on the Overview page, but that's offset a bit by the "Credit Balance" which is emphasized on the Overview page and the Available Kiva Credit module that shows up as well.  And then there are the three settings pages.

What do you guys think?  I wonder if the phrase My Credit is actually a pretty good name for the section!

[howard]

John.
You may find the arithmetic on this a little weird!

Possible Trust Bank Group     $8.33     Sep 02, 2010 2:25am     Loan Repayment     Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=196971) $8.33         $911.99
Delight Trust Bank Group    $3.12    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=211676) $3.12       $894.29
Sika Man Trust Bank Group    $3.12    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=211682) $3.12       $897.41
Diciples Trust Bank Group    $4.16    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=198285) $4.16       $877.65
Aba Pa Trust Bank Group    $4.16    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=198299) $4.16       $881.81
Tiwaa Trust Bank Group    $3.12    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=193113) $3.12       $884.93
Otoo Trust Bank Group    $3.12    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=193040) $3.12       $888.05
Achiaa Ahemaa Tb Group    $3.12    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=192550) $3.12       $891.17
Mercy Trust Bank Group    $3.12    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=211681) $3.12       $873.49
Truth Borrower Group    $3.13    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=208253) $3.13       $863.60
Sunrise Trust Bank Group    $2.09    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=206832) $2.09       $865.69
Lapaz Tb Group    $1.56    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=192150) $1.56       $867.25
Happy Day Trust Bank Group    $3.12    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=206831) $3.12       $870.37
Knowledge Trust Bank Group    $2.09    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=206835) $2.09       $855.47
Pure Heart Borrower Group    $2.50    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=208262) $2.50       $857.97
Golden Temple Borrower Group    $2.50    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=208286) $2.50       $860.47
Sika Man Trust Bank Group    $3.13    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=211682) $3.13       $849.21
Pure Trust Bank Group    $4.17    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=211675) $4.17       $853.38
Aba Pa Trust Bank Group    $4.17    Sep 02, 2010 2:25am    Loan Repayment    Redeemed Loan Repayment Anonymous Group (id=198299) $4.17       $827.83

Howard

[JohnAtKiva]

John. You may find the arithmetic on this a little weird!

I can input your data into a spreadsheet, but can you help me spot the issue I'm looking for first?

Thanks!
John

[fnord]

John, I think the order is scrambled as to what the balance shows. As with the credits, I would suggest making sure each transaction gets assigned a different time by one second increments, so that it would show as the same time in lumps of 60 yet force the order to be consistent with the balance (my guess is that the time stamps are in seconds since 01/01/1970)

fred