[OpenID board] Voting validation & wording

[chris.messina at gmail.com]

That's too bad. I understand the desire to avoid introducing anything
that might lead to instability, but this is a usability fix.
Considering that there's about two weeks left of voting (we're on at
what? Day two?), I feel like making this change would ensure a better
voting experience.

The problem right now is that you can't see all your votes on one
page, so it's hard to count the number of votes you've selected at a
glance. This could lead to people voting for fewer than the number of
seats available, or an annoying experience where there's no live
feedback if they pick more than seven candidates.

I don't know what process is for getting this change in, but I humbly
ask members of the board to consider passing a motion to make this
change ASAP.

I appreciate the change in the language -- and improving the
appearance of the error message. Could you provide a screenshot of the
error message since I can't vote again to test it.

Chris
On 12/11/08, Darin Richardson <darin at refreshmedia.com> wrote:
> Hey Chris,
>
> The script looks pretty snazzy, but we're going to hold on putting it
> in until after the election is over to make sure everything is nice
> and stable (with an extra 'please wait!' from Mike Jones). Once the
> election's closed, we'll put that script in place for upcoming
> elections and polls.
>
> We're definitely doing checks on the server side of things to make
> sure people can't cast more votes than there are seats. It was
> returning an error message, but it was pretty subtly styled. We've
> tweaked the language a bit and bumped up the coloring and prominence
> of the message.
>
> Thanks for the feedback (and scripting)!
>
> ---
> Darin Richardson
> Refresh Media, LLC
> 503-703-3558
>


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