Prevent missunderstandings in the Rating system!
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Hello, I'm allways wondering why answers are downvoted. Therefore I placed a suggestion[^]some day ago. But now it came to my mind, that maybe some of these votes were not on purpose. So I looked at the short description : "Rate this message: 1 2 3 4 5 (out of 5)", and I remembered as I started posting on this forum it took me a little while to understand this. For people who's english is not that good, "(out of 5)" is not very easy to understand. There would be the possibility to give examples like: "(1..poor, 5..excellent)". Or, like nearly all other forums, give symbolic help. Five stars or Five Bobs (CP alien)! There was an additional confusion for me, cause in our school system a "1" is excellent and "5" is poor. All the best, Martin
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Hello, I'm allways wondering why answers are downvoted. Therefore I placed a suggestion[^]some day ago. But now it came to my mind, that maybe some of these votes were not on purpose. So I looked at the short description : "Rate this message: 1 2 3 4 5 (out of 5)", and I remembered as I started posting on this forum it took me a little while to understand this. For people who's english is not that good, "(out of 5)" is not very easy to understand. There would be the possibility to give examples like: "(1..poor, 5..excellent)". Or, like nearly all other forums, give symbolic help. Five stars or Five Bobs (CP alien)! There was an additional confusion for me, cause in our school system a "1" is excellent and "5" is poor. All the best, Martin
True. Instead of cryptic notations which might turn ambiguous in different cultures and also for different people, we can try to be as clear. Another example I like to quote is US Traffic Signals. 1) One of the most common traffic signals found in British Indian systems are 'No Entry'. But in US, they always have it like 'Do not Enter' and even within the roads, on both the sides 'Wrong Way' signal flanks the road. 2) We have cryptic 'Zebra-Crossings' but I felt that in US, the pedestrian crossing has a distinct White light (WALK) signal and Red light (STOP) signal showing a man.
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True. Instead of cryptic notations which might turn ambiguous in different cultures and also for different people, we can try to be as clear. Another example I like to quote is US Traffic Signals. 1) One of the most common traffic signals found in British Indian systems are 'No Entry'. But in US, they always have it like 'Do not Enter' and even within the roads, on both the sides 'Wrong Way' signal flanks the road. 2) We have cryptic 'Zebra-Crossings' but I felt that in US, the pedestrian crossing has a distinct White light (WALK) signal and Red light (STOP) signal showing a man.
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Looks like, there was again a missunderstanding, in which meaning so ever! Got my '5' to bring it back in shap. Wow, looks like it was a platinum member! (2.3 from 2 votes) And it again shows for me the need of (not anonym) voting statements. All the best, Martin
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Hello, I'm allways wondering why answers are downvoted. Therefore I placed a suggestion[^]some day ago. But now it came to my mind, that maybe some of these votes were not on purpose. So I looked at the short description : "Rate this message: 1 2 3 4 5 (out of 5)", and I remembered as I started posting on this forum it took me a little while to understand this. For people who's english is not that good, "(out of 5)" is not very easy to understand. There would be the possibility to give examples like: "(1..poor, 5..excellent)". Or, like nearly all other forums, give symbolic help. Five stars or Five Bobs (CP alien)! There was an additional confusion for me, cause in our school system a "1" is excellent and "5" is poor. All the best, Martin
The addition of a "thumbs up / thumbs down" icon was suggested earlier and will be added.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The addition of a "thumbs up / thumbs down" icon was suggested earlier and will be added.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The addition of a "thumbs up / thumbs down" icon was suggested earlier and will be added.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
"thumbs up / thumbs down" icon
A picture is worth thousand words and I am sure this would be a good value-addition. :)
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage Tech Gossips
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The addition of a "thumbs up / thumbs down" icon was suggested earlier and will be added.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Hi Chris, Using the icons takes language out of the equation. That should work well (unless of course we are in ancient Rome where 'thumbs down' was a good thing). Jeff