It might be nice to have a [vote] link to the right of each message where [reply], [/msg], etc are; there is plenty of space for it. That way you never have to scroll to the bottom to vote.

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Re: vote link to the right of messages
by pryrt (Abbot) on Dec 20, 2024 at 14:02 UTC
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Re: vote link to the right of messages
by choroba (Cardinal) on Dec 20, 2024 at 09:55 UTC
    I never scroll. I just select the radio buttons and hit Enter on my keyboard.

    map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]
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Re: vote link to the right of messages
by harangzsolt33 (Deacon) on Dec 20, 2024 at 15:14 UTC
    The way this works isn't very efficient in my opinion, because everytime people hit "Vote" the ENTIRE page is downloaded again. Wouldn't it be easier if there was a plus and minus button, and when you clicked either one of those, the page would just load a tiny gif image, which is only 34 bytes, but it would send some sort of code to the server to let it know that XYZ individual has voted up or down. This would be easier than having to reload the whole page. Just a design issue.
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      As the whole system works without JavaScript, this isn't possible at all. The only way how to send data to the server is via a submitted form or query parameters, which both mean reload of the page.

      map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]
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        Or an iframe for each vote region of the page :-)
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