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Buzsaw Inactive Member |
Have I missed something? I see Coyote and AZPaul3 messages on this page do not show ratings.
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subbie Member (Idle past 1283 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: |
My two cents: the highlight in the upper right quadrant interferes with seeing what the central marks are. Darkening that and maybe making the plus and minus signs a bit less bold would make them easier to see.
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8563 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 4.7
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Shhh! Hush yo mouth. Don't want no stinkin ratin.
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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 8.3 |
The +/- is a better pairing I think. But I also think they should be different colours: make the + green and the - red. It's a pretty universal colour scheme, and easy to spot.
Thanks for all your hard work, btw
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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 8.3 |
In fact, I see you already have red/green pluses and minuses for the display of who's like/disliked a post - why not use these for the buttons themselves?
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Admin Director Posts: 13040 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.2
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The color also serves as an indicator that you've cast a vote. For example, click on the "+" button for this message and it will turn green (and a green vote indicator will appear). Click on the button again and it will turn brown (and the green vote indicator will disappear). While this approach has issues, reversing when green and brown are used also has issues.
But the more feedback I get the more ideas I get - I think I can see a way to improve things in a direction that more people than not will like. For everyone: I hear the feedback about contrast - I will darken the plus/minus as much as possible while keeping it blue. Also for everyone: It might seem to some that I am floundering around seeking solutions, but the reality is that this process of gradual refinement has a solid record of success in the design of graphical user interfaces. In real life I am a member of a team of programmers responsible for a graphical interface, one where virtually everyone reading this message is using digital hardware designed using this software (as people might already have guessed, I am not the person on the team responsible for icon design, and in fact we farm out icon design and implementation to subcontractors). When we augment, enhance or change this graphical interface we sit in a room with the interface projected on twin screens while we watch someone interact with the interface while everyone else suggests scenarios to try and provides feedback for changes and improvements. Often just one of these sessions is sufficient, but sometimes several are required. More feedback is provided later in the process by field engineers, and of course feedback from customers also plays a significant role. In complex areas it can take years before we're satisfied with a new feature. We're doing the same thing now for this website. Unfortunately we cannot all sit in a room and review a feature before release. I have to actually release a new feature or feature change to the website before anyone can see it and try it. But I think the process is working pretty well, and I want everyone to know how much I appreciate the feedback. Edited by Admin, : Grammar. Edited by Admin, : Grammar. Edited by Admin, : Grammar.
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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 8.3 |
Personally I'd ring the cast vote, and drop the brightness/make translucent/grey out the uncast vote after votes are cast.
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Admin Director Posts: 13040 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.2 |
What does it mean to "ring" an icon?
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Buzsaw Inactive Member |
AZPaul3 writes: Shhh! Hush yo mouth. Don't want no stinkin ratin. So now that yours is being revealed, do members have the option to air or not to air their ratings? BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW. The Immeasurable Present Eternally Extends the Infinite Past And Infinitely Consumes The Eternal Future.
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Buzsaw Inactive Member |
How many minuses or plusses does it take to change one's rating, say, five points?
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Admin Director Posts: 13040 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.2 |
Hi Buz,
No one should worry about their member rating - it has a couple flaws will soon be changed.
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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 8.3 |
Um, just put a ring round the icon, visual like. A ring since it's a circle. Kinda like the lights that come on round the power button on an Xbox 360.
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Percy Member Posts: 22502 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Oh, I see, you're proposing adding a ring to the icon itself, not putting something around the icon. Okay, not a bad idea, I'll see what I can do with it.
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8563 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 4.7 |
So now that yours is being revealed, do members have the option to air or not to air their ratings? Does it matter? Personally, I like the rating of individual posts. The accumulation into a Member Rating, however, is rather childish. If I had the option to turn Member Rating on/off I would probably leave it at whatever is the default setting since I really don't care.
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2134 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
Buttons are now easy to read. Thanks!
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