optional pop-up window after clicking on vote

First of all - I am on a slow link that the rest of my office shares.

This is relevant because after casting my vote(s) i have to wait for the page to reload, and then i have to find the ink that I was interested in folowing again and then follow it.

Would it be possible to set an option so that after voting a new (small) window appears telling me that my votes have been counted, and maybe listing what votes I chose to make and what their ratings are. This would leave the main page unaltered so that I could follow the links.

I appreciate that there might be a problem with double voting with this set up, in the same way that going back and clicking on vote could be a problem.

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Re: optional pop-up window after clicking on vote by knobunc (Pilgrim) on Mar 15, 2002 at 13:55 UTC
If things are being slow then I will often hit the back button after voting (before the page has loaded). That way I think the vote registration will still happen (once the stuff has been sent to the server) and when I go back the section I was looking at is still there. Although if I have clicked on vote I am usually at the bottom of the page. :-) -ben	[reply]
Re: optional pop-up window after clicking on vote by Juerd (Abbot) on Mar 15, 2002 at 11:26 UTC
I appreciate that there might be a problem with double voting with this set up, in the same way that going back and clicking on vote could be a problem. As votes are registered by IP, the double-vote protection is server-side. Going back or re-clicking vote will not re-vote, but will tell you that you have already voted from that IP. U28geW91IGNhbiBhbGwgcm90MTMgY W5kIHBhY2soKS4gQnV0IGRvIHlvdS ByZWNvZ25pc2UgQmFzZTY0IHdoZW4 geW91IHNlZSBpdD8gIC0tIEp1ZXJk	[reply]
Re: optional pop-up window after clicking on vote by munchie (Monk) on Mar 15, 2002 at 19:44 UTC
Yeah, this would be good... But more than that, I'd want the VOTE button to show up closer to the top of the page... I don't like having to scroll down through (sometimes) dozens of replies to vote. > munchie, the number munchin newb Llama: The other other white meat! (you had to be there :-P)	[reply]
Re: optional pop-up window after clicking on vote by Chady (Priest) on Mar 16, 2002 at 09:06 UTC
.... a new (small) window appears .... hmm... javascript? you can always duplicate the window you're working on (usually Ctrl+N) and vote in that new window... and usually you vote after you read the post.. so you will have already read what you want before you have voted, right? He who asks will be a fool for five minutes, but he who doesn't ask will remain a fool for life. Chady \| http://chady.net/	[reply]