I agree that we should have validation of voting. When I went to vote, I wondered about the same thing as Chris in terms of what happens if I voted for either people instead of seven. Maybe just a counter at the top showing the number you ticked off? I had to pull up a text editor to figure out how I was voting.
--David On Dec 11, 2008, at 6:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That's too bad. I understand the desire to avoid introducing anything > that might lead to instability, but this is a usability fix. > Considering that there's about two weeks left of voting (we're on at > what? Day two?), I feel like making this change would ensure a better > voting experience. > > The problem right now is that you can't see all your votes on one > page, so it's hard to count the number of votes you've selected at a > glance. This could lead to people voting for fewer than the number of > seats available, or an annoying experience where there's no live > feedback if they pick more than seven candidates. > > I don't know what process is for getting this change in, but I humbly > ask members of the board to consider passing a motion to make this > change ASAP. > > I appreciate the change in the language -- and improving the > appearance of the error message. Could you provide a screenshot of the > error message since I can't vote again to test it. > > Chris > On 12/11/08, Darin Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hey Chris, >> >> The script looks pretty snazzy, but we're going to hold on putting it >> in until after the election is over to make sure everything is nice >> and stable (with an extra 'please wait!' from Mike Jones). Once the >> election's closed, we'll put that script in place for upcoming >> elections and polls. >> >> We're definitely doing checks on the server side of things to make >> sure people can't cast more votes than there are seats. It was >> returning an error message, but it was pretty subtly styled. We've >> tweaked the language a bit and bumped up the coloring and prominence >> of the message. >> >> Thanks for the feedback (and scripting)! >> >> --- >> Darin Richardson >> Refresh Media, LLC >> 503-703-3558 >> > > > -- > Chris Messina > Citizen-Participant & > Open Technology Advocate-at-Large > factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org > citizenagency.com # vidoop.com > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
