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Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
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Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:04:26 GMT
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
default Helvetica) still somewhat connotates "plus" or "better" even without
an accompanying "-" sign.  (Do you get that feeling as well?)  The idea behind
the exclamation point "!" is shouting "hey, look at this!!"

Yeah, I agree that "+" has connotations of "better". But I think the "!"
seems to have a "Warning" feeling to it, especially in red. (It's a typical
icon in warning error message dialog boxes, for example.) That doesn't mean
it's necessarily a bad choice -- maybe it's just me. If it weren't for the
space issue, I'd pick "*".


Changing the input-collection text from:
  Would you recommend this article to others?   Yes! o o o o Yes!!!!   o No

*grin* Other than reminding me of those awful Herbal Essences shampoo
commercials, looks good.


Migrating this away from the idea of "rating" and toward the idea of
"recommending" (that's what the ratings are supposed to do, in the final
analysis) seems like a wise idea.

Agreed.

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  Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) Welp, space isn't really _that_ much of an issue compared to the symbol itself. All things being equal, a thinner character is better than a big fat character like "+". Let's see what people think about "!" after seeing it for a little (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) That's probably even better. Gonna try out a related thing first -- changing the "+" symbols to "!" symbols. The "!" symbol is a lot skinnier than "+", so it saves precious space, and the count of symbols isn't really as important anyway as (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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