Reset button on voting pages?

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.

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Re: Reset button on voting pages? by myocom (Deacon) on Mar 28, 2001 at 06:31 UTC
If you have the Chatterbox nodelet turned on, you could always refresh the page by hitting talk with a blank message. I've used this to clear votes before, and it works just fine. Granted, it's not as fast as an actual "reset form" button, but it requires no work for our fearless leader.	[reply]
Re: Reset button on voting pages? by spaz (Pilgrim) on Mar 28, 2001 at 05:48 UTC
I agree completely. This situation has come up for me a number of times. I hadn't realized how useful this type of feature would be until you mentioned it "out loud". -- Dave	[reply]
Re: Reset button on voting pages? by damian1301 (Curate) on Mar 28, 2001 at 06:28 UTC
Since this is such a minor adjustment and no real editting of code is needed for vroom to work on, then I say good. vroom is already overwhelmed enough to work on any actual program and this is just a quick fix. I accidentily vote from time to time so...I know how it feels to want a reset around when you need it :) Almost a Perl hacker. Dave AKA damian I encourage you to email me	[reply]