4 ms·

Thanks- I've added the ability to click on the picture to vote. Is it useful at all to have the buttons there as well?

joshwa 19y ago
No, it makes me think that I need to click the button to make my vote count. I'd replace it with some explanatory text that says to "click the picture of the candidate you think kicks more ass". Folks will naturally figure out what to do.
- brianmckenzie 19y ago
  Explanatory text is probably bad for something this simple. I'd set it up like this: If you click the button you vote, if you click the picture you go to the candidate description. But - if you go to the candidate description page you should still be able to vote for that candidate against any other candidate.
  - nonrecursive 19y ago
    it's crazy that for something this simple there are so many different ideas on how it should be done. I like having buttons there because most people think buttons allow you to do something, but the convention (using that term loosely) is to just show images, and let people click on one of those. But I actually have had people not know what to do if there were just images and no explanatory text.
    - joshwa 19y ago
      even kittenwar has a little 5-word explanation: "Click the cutest kitten picture!" Keep it short and sweet.
    - paulgb 19y ago
      "it's crazy that for something this simple there are so many different ideas on how it should be done." Reminds me of the bike shed story (http://bikeshed.com/) http://bikeshed.com/) ;)
  - joshwa 19y ago
    You have to think about the most common usage pattern-- folks will most likely want to click through a whole bunch of pairings very quickly to register as much opinion as possible until they get bored (think about how people use hotornot or kittenwar). You have to make the voting area easy to click (nice and big) and in the same position every time. The photo is the most logical choice. I agree about the explanatory text, but my reflexes are conditioned to stop and read a submit button before I click it, and parsing the text on the buttons (which changes every time with the candidate's name) adds time to the transaction. You could solve this by making the text consistent from page to page, if you're wedded to the buttons.
cmars232 19y ago
How about a skip button?
- nonrecursive 19y ago
  good idea - I will add that tomorrow

No, it makes me think that I need to click the button to make my vote count. I'd replace it with some explanatory text that says to "click the picture of the candidate you think kicks more ass". Folks will naturally figure out what to do.

brianmckenzie 19y ago
Explanatory text is probably bad for something this simple. I'd set it up like this: If you click the button you vote, if you click the picture you go to the candidate description. But - if you go to the candidate description page you should still be able to vote for that candidate against any other candidate.
- nonrecursive 19y ago
  it's crazy that for something this simple there are so many different ideas on how it should be done. I like having buttons there because most people think buttons allow you to do something, but the convention (using that term loosely) is to just show images, and let people click on one of those. But I actually have had people not know what to do if there were just images and no explanatory text.
  - joshwa 19y ago
    even kittenwar has a little 5-word explanation: "Click the cutest kitten picture!" Keep it short and sweet.
  - paulgb 19y ago
    "it's crazy that for something this simple there are so many different ideas on how it should be done." Reminds me of the bike shed story (http://bikeshed.com/) http://bikeshed.com/) ;)
- joshwa 19y ago
  You have to think about the most common usage pattern-- folks will most likely want to click through a whole bunch of pairings very quickly to register as much opinion as possible until they get bored (think about how people use hotornot or kittenwar). You have to make the voting area easy to click (nice and big) and in the same position every time. The photo is the most logical choice. I agree about the explanatory text, but my reflexes are conditioned to stop and read a submit button before I click it, and parsing the text on the buttons (which changes every time with the candidate's name) adds time to the transaction. You could solve this by making the text consistent from page to page, if you're wedded to the buttons.

cmars232 19y ago

How about a skip button?

nonrecursive 19y ago
good idea - I will add that tomorrow