An apparatus configured to input a user rating in an electronically-presented space, the apparatus comprising:
- hardware configured to generate the electronically-presented space and to at least partly position a plurality of icons within or relative to the space, wherein the space comprises a rating canvas that is electronically presented and that is at least a 2-axis rating canvas;
- at least one processor in communication with the hardware configured to generate the electronically-presented space and to at least partly position the plurality of icons within or relative to the space, the at least one processor configured to:
- access the plurality of icons, a respective icon of the plurality of icons indicative of a respective item for rating;
- electronically present, via the hardware, the plurality of icons and electronically present, via the hardware, the space that enables a user to at least partly position the plurality of icons within or relative to the space, wherein the space comprises a rating canvas that is electronically presented and that is at least a 2-axis rating canvas;
- responsive to the user at least partly positioning the plurality of icons within the space, receive one or more indications of the positioning of the plurality of icons within the space, wherein the hardware is configured for the user to manually position the respective icon within the rating canvas, wherein the one or more indications of the position of the respective icon is based on the position of the respective icon within the rating canvas, wherein placement of the plurality of icons using the rating canvas is for prioritizing, assigning importance, or assigning preference according to at least two criteria, wherein a first criterion scale is associated with a first criterion and with a first axis, the placement of a respective icon in the rating canvas is indicative of priority, importance, or preference of the respective icon for the first criterion based on:
- (i) comparing the placement of the respective icon relative to the first criterion scale;
- or (ii) calculating a distance in the first axis from the respective icon to another icon, wherein a second criterion scale is associated with a second criterion and with a second axis, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis, the placement of the respective icon in the rating canvas is indicative of priority, importance, or preference of the respective icon for the second criterion based on:
- (i) comparing the placement of the respective icon relative to the second criterion scale;
- or (ii) calculating a distance in the second axis from the respective icon to the another icon;
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- rate the plurality of icons based on the one or more indication of the positioning of the plurality of icons within the space, wherein, based on the user at least partly positioning at least one icon within the space, the at least one processor configured to determine a certainty with respect to placement of the at least one icon within the rating canvas.