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One way would be to put the downvote arrow on the right-hand side of the meta info: ...xx minutes ago | link [down-arrow] If it's a good comment it'll probably
by isleyaardvark 17y ago
One way would be to put the downvote arrow on the right-hand side of the meta info: ...xx minutes ago | link [down-arrow]
If it's a good comment it'll probably get more than one upvote, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Stuff happens.
- boundlessdreamz 17y agoI had asked PG for exactly that (and other possible solutions) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1275394 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1275394
- benatkin 17y agogrinich's HN app for the iPhone & iPod Touch has the arrows far apart from each other (it's shown in the image next to the App Store logo and the screencast): http://michaelgrinich.com/hackernews/ http://michaelgrinich.com/hackernews/ I think the narrow width of the iPhone makes it work, though. Your solution (also thought of by others) is the best solution I can think of for the website.
- grinich 17y agoHere's a screenshot: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4595/hn-vote.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4595/hn-vote.png
- lotharbot 17y agoBetter: [up-arrow] 13 points [down-arrow] by isleyaardvark 1 hour ago This way, the up and down are unambiguously tied to the total number of points (nobody will wonder why there's a down arrow way over next to the word "link"), but are separated by enough of a margin that it's difficult to click the wrong one.