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More than once, I've unintentionally downvoted comments I meant to upvote, upvoted comments I meant to downvote, and/or clicked on a button I didn't mean to cli
by cs702 12y ago
More than once, I've unintentionally downvoted comments I meant to upvote, upvoted comments I meant to downvote, and/or clicked on a button I didn't mean to click (that includes clicking on 'reply' after writing something that doesn't really add any value and almost instantly regretting it).
So I agree, it would be great to have more/better undo options!
- couchand 12y agoI've done this, too. If you e-mail the mods they'll reverse it pretty quickly. On the same hand, if you e-mail the mods all the time they might have more of an incentive to implement a self-undo.
- cs702 12y agoThanks for the tip. I'll consider doing that next time, even though I'm somewhat reluctant to try it, because I have a sense the mods already dedicate a lot of time to HN -- the last thing they want or need is a barrage of emails asking for essentially unimportant reversals.
- stock_toaster 12y agoAgreed. I wish the up/down vote links were on opposite sides (I would prefer they were bigger too, but at least spacing them would be preferable). Something more like this.. ▲ cs702 31 minutes ago ▼ | link note: they are supposed to be the same size.. oddly unicode down triangle is rending larger for me.
- gojomo 12y agoAlso it's sufficiently typical to have the timestamp be the permalink to the post/comment, that the "| link" could be eliminated.
- stock_toaster 12y agogreat idea!
- dang 12y agoSeconded. I've added that to our list.
- etcet 12y agoI actually don't agree with this from a UX perspective. The downvote arrow is currently in a predictable position. If you move it after the timestamp, it will be in a variable position. Although, I can imagine how you could argue that the downvote arrow should not be easy to hit.
- stock_toaster 12y agoI guess in addition to raw usability perspective, how you view downvoting in general has an impact on the layout. If you want to place downvoting on equal footing with upvoting, placing them together does make some sense. If, however, you feel downvoting should be a more rare occurrence, it makes some sense to relegate downvoting to a worse position, especially in light of the seemingly frequent issues with accidental clicking. I also find the single leading upvote to be a bit more consistent, as you are not able to downvote replies to your comments, only upvote. So in that regard, the UI would be a bit more uniform regardless of whether the comment was a reply or not. Another straightforward possibility could be replacing the arrows with words, and making the time a link to the comment (removing "link" from trailing actions as gojomo suggested). This may result in better support for screen readers, in addition to mobile users, as well. etcet 5 minutes ago | upvote | downvote | flag | parent