I agree with your opinion comment for your thread.
Satisfaction should come from "within" and not from "without". Rating's will not make you a better or worse person. If I had even 1/10 of your talent I would be more then content. Of course "content" people never become world leaders or worry what other people think of them. When you mix ambition with creativity; i.e. the artist who worries about who the Boss is; then you will forever be beating your head against the wall.
As the song says: "Don't Worry, Be Happy."

I'll rate.........when i get the ability too

That's a good idea Jafo. That would probably amend many of the innacurate ratings. Just the other day I had a skin that had a rating of 9 (3 ratings), then suddenly dropped to 7 when a fourth rating was added (must have been a 2 or 3. Too bad the average number of ratings is so low.

I think some of the people who rate are the ones at fault. I can see no reason what so ever that something could get a "1/10" ratings. Those who have the option to rate should think of it as a privilege not a weapon. Things should be rated on the detail and accuracy of there work first and how much the color and such is liked keeped in the back of the mind. I have seen so many things that the color or something else about it make it so I would not use it but after looking it over I see what a great job was done on it and the amount of time it must have entailed. That is when I am most apt to place a rating.

The info at Paxx's site is very good and really should be condensed and added to the skin page.

I don't even look at ratings as, in my opinion, I haven't seen a formula that's accurate enough to depict true consensus. It only reflects opinions of those who take the time (guilty!), to give a rating, and taste enters into the picture. Aside from puns, I like the idea of dropping the high and low.

I think that Paxx's skins evaluation grid is great but to me one flaw "not towards Paxx".
The point I was trying to make is that not everyone likes certain colors and therefore would not use the skin.
In the evaluation grid if everything is checked as pretty much perfect except for " Are the choice of colors attractive to your taste" and "Will you use this skin".
Both marked second to worst "Not my piece of cake", "No I won't" bring the rating down to a 7.
Now unless it was a case that the colors in something were so bad that they did not match or blend with each other at all Keila would probably stop right there and not even look into the skin any further and just go along my way.
then color should not be as much of a factor.
For instance, CopperDeckII to me is a definite 10 "I do not think I ever actually rated it though" but the colors will not work for my desktop so "The colors are not my piece of cake", "No I will not use it". How could I rate this skin a 7?
Anyway, enough from me.

I hope you enjoyed the races Jafo. I think your right. I'am using a skin that has a 6 rating with over 15000 downloads. The skin is good looking and works great. Oh well.

HA WOM, glad to see you type in realtime

Not that you are saying so but paxx I really want you to know that I was not downing your grid.
To answer, I would rate the work not my use for it. Just because I am not going to use it does not mean it is not a great as it is.

Keila thinks now that her coffee has hit that this is a tough debate after all.

Hi Lecrayon. I've rated things that were not of my personel taste and have said so but have given good comments on it anyway because the work was good. Just because I didn't like the color and wouldn't use it, doesn't mean the work wasn't good.

WOM, well, I don't agree. I don't rate that way and wouldn't wat anybody to rate anything of mine that way. DOn't assume of other people's tastes. If you don't like it, rate it accordingly. If you say you like it but woldn't use it, then you probably really don't like it that much.

paxx, I try to put myself into the teacher mode. Fair and objective. Could you imagine a teacher grading a class and flunking 90% because he didn't like the color! Or wouldn't hang it on his wall or use it. If I don't like it and I think it looks bad I will just pass it by or give it a low rating.