Default Null Vote Setting

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Re: Default Null Vote Setting by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Jun 28, 2003 at 16:49 UTC
For the powers that be, it shouldn't be too hard to see which percentage of people who vote regulary have this option turned on. Abigail	[reply]
Re: Default Null Vote Setting by adrianh (Chancellor) on Jun 28, 2003 at 14:07 UTC
++. Sounds like a good idea to me.	[reply]
Re: Default Null Vote Setting by thelenm (Vicar) on Dec 20, 2003 at 04:40 UTC
This issue came to my mind again after reading Re: Voting - single Vs. multiple nodes just now. I think the default setting for "Null Vote" really ought to be "on" rather than "off". The absence of a null vote button by default has confused many a poor monk, even experienced ones. Since the vote buttons are a radio button group, and radio button groups should always have something selected, the default setup (no null vote and nothing selected) is quite disorienting. Is there a reason why the "Null Vote" option is off by default? Would it be difficult to change? -- Mike -- `XML::Simpler does not require XML::Parser or a SAX parser. It does require File::Slurp. -- grantm, perldoc XML::Simpler`	[reply]
Re: Default Null Vote Setting by jdavidboyd (Friar) on Jun 29, 2003 at 17:42 UTC
Hmm, I thought that this would be about what to do after you have select a ++ or --, and then decided NOT to vote. What do you do then? Even a reload of the page carries your vote toggle with it...	[reply]
Re: Re: Default Null Vote Setting by daeve (Deacon) on Jun 29, 2003 at 20:40 UTC
Go to your user settings page and set "Null vote:" to "ON". You may also want to take a look at this node from yesterday (june 28, 2003) on this. And with yet another question on this subject, I'll add my vote for making the null vote option "ON" as default. HTH Daeve	[reply]


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