METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING USER FEEDBACK

A method and apparatus for implementing user feedback. A user may activate an enter feedback mode command in a computer environment to provide feedback in a feedback interface. A feedback record is created and the user's context within a product, process, service, or issue to which the feedback refers is recorded in the feedback record. Attribute icons that the user may select to identify the nature of the feedback are displayed in the feedback interface. Selected attributes, the time at which the feedback is made, the physical location and identity of the user, and comments by the user are recorded in the feedback record. A feedback visualizer for a reviewer for organizing and presenting user feedback receives feedback from users, the feedback being were collected and stored in a database. The visualizer identifies a reviewer's visualization preferences, which include indications of feedback attributes that the reviewer desires to review. Collected feedback records are then filtered in accordance with the visualization preferences to create a combined set of records that include the records having the preferred attributes. The visualizer graphically displays an indication of the number of records in the combined set. A reviewer can change his visualization preferences, and the feedback records are refiltered and displayed in accordance with the changed preferences. The reviewer can also select a specific feedback record to display message content stored in the record and respond to the feedback.