Site help
Registration and logging in
To use the LiveSimplicity site you must first register by providing a username and password. You can register, or log in if you've previously registered using the log in/register section on the right of each of the pages.
The Log-in section contains a text box for your username and your chosen password. There is also a 'remember me on this computer' option, and you must press the submit button to send the details once you've typed them in.
The Register button has a text box for the username you choose. You'll need to enter your chosen password, re-enter it and to tick the Terms and Conditions box to show you agree to them. Then you can press the submit button.
My Profile is a section where any details you wish to give about yourself are stored. You can enter as much or as little information about yourself as you choose - it's not necessary in order to participate in the site.
Personal information provided or collected through or in connection with this Web Site shall only be used in accordance with Philips' Privacy Policy.
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The rating icon
Each contributer has a rating, shown as an icon. This is calculated from how many times that contributer has made a point and had others agree or disagree with it. Each posting has an agree/disagree button next to it, and the combined results of these are displayed in the Rating.
In addition, clicking on a contributer's rating icon will allow you to view a breakdown of what others think of that contributer, what the contributer thinks of others, plus a summary of their activity on the site, and other items of useful information.
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To post a comment, you simply go to the category and topic where you want the comment to appear, click on Post new comment and submit it once you've typed it in the text box.
To reply to a comment, simply view the discussion or topic you wish to comment on, and simply type your comment in the space provided, then press submit.
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Suggesting a new category or discussion
You can also suggest a new category, if you wish to discuss something not covered by other categories, or you can start a new topic. Type the heading and text of your category or idea and press submit. It will be sent to the site moderators for consideration and will not appear immediately.
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You can also contact a site moderator directly, or submit a point or question to an expert. The method of contact is email, and a full list of experts can be found in the contributor list.
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Reporting inappropriate activity
Below each posted comment there is a button which states "Is this comment inappropriate? Report comment".
Click on this to report the comment above it. The report will go directly to the moderators who will judge whether to remove it. The site is monitored round the clock and various filters are in place to prevent, for example, profanity, but it is always possible for inappropriate, off-topic or offensive material to get past, and the sooner contributers report these, the sooner they can be removed.
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LiveSimplicity website rules
This forum is for the discussion of issues posted on the LiveSimplicity website. We expect lively debate and ask that you help us by adhering to these rules:
- Please do not exchange personal details with other members of this site.
- Offensive, illegal and inappropriate messages will be deleted without question and you may be banned from using the forums.
- For libel reasons, we will not allow criticism of individuals or companies.
- Please do not use the LiveSimplicity site to air issues unrelated to the discussions being discussed.
- Messages that show no association with a particular discussion will be removed from the site.
By submitting a message you are agreeing to abide by these LiveSimplicity Rules so please read them carefully.
You must also make sure you have read, understood and agreed to abide by the LiveSimplicity website's Terms and Conditions.
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LiveSimplicity tracker
The tracker is a visual aid to keep you up to date on your chosen discussion.
Each coloured ring in the tracker represents a comment. The colour of each ring is determined by the person who submitted that comment. A green ring means that comment agrees with view A, a blue ring means that comment agrees with view B and a white ring means that comment agrees with neither.
Each colour ring also has a shade. This determines whether people agree or disagree with that comment. The darker shade means that more people disagree with that comment than those that agree with it. The lighter shade means that more people agree with that comment than disagree with it.
The thickness of each ring determines the total amount of people who have agreed and disagreed with that comment. So the thicker the ring the higher the interest in that comment.
The rings are displayed in chronological order. The comment which was submitted first is at the centre of the tracker. The last submitted comment appears at the outer edge of the tracker.
There are two versions of the tracker.
A downloadable tracker sits on your desktop allowing you to keep an eye on a number of discussions whilst you are away from LiveSimplicity.com. Only one discussion be displayed at a time, but by clicking on the left and right arrows, you can cycle through the discussions that you have decided to track.
The tracker you access on LiveSimplicity.com represents the current discussion you are viewing. You can only access the tracker (View full-size tracker) once you have selected to view a discussion.The tracker you access from there will represent that discussion.
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What is a web feed and how do I use it?
The LiveSimplicity site uses an Atom Web feed.
Applications known as feed readers or aggregators can check on your behalf and display any updated articles that it finds with links through to various parts of the originating site.
Feed readers and aggregators may be designed as standalone application or as part of your web browser.
You can subscribe to feeds in serveral ways, this includes:
- Drag the Orange
 icon into your feed reader
- Copy and paste the URL of the feed into your feed reader
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To install the discussion tracker just copy the file called
"LiveSimplicity Tracker v1.1.exe" to any location on your C drive.
The first time you run the tracker you will be asked for your
contributor name, this is the same as the one you used on the Live
Simplicity site when you login. Type your contributor name into the box
and click OK, you should now see the first discussion that you are
subscribed to. The arrows can be used to move to the next or previous
discussion.
The tracker can be left running in the background and will update itself
every few minutes.
If you want to uninstall the tracker, simply drag the .exe file to the
recycle bin.
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