One thing that while I haven't yet encountered myself but have gotten close to, is the lack of a reset button for voting pages, partically in cases of long discussions. As an example, say a node had 20 replies, and as you read down the node, you mark a few ++, but notice that nodes lower on the page are a bit better, and in wanting to save votes, you'd like to move your ++'s around. Currently, you could either you'd set the +=0 option on your user preferences, or go back then forward again via the browser to reset your voting (or in some browsers, reloading the page auto-resets the form, but this isn't consistent behavior). In either case, you have to move off that page, which requires a bit more time.

Adding a reset button would allow you to fix this without moving off the page. In addition, from a coding angle, this is easier done than said, print $cgi->reset() the rest of the work done by the browser. Of course, I'm not sure how many times others have run into this problem, so the need for it may be questionable.

Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain

In reply to Reset button on voting pages? by Masem

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