[OpenID board] Voting validation & wording

[Nat Sakimura]

Hmmm.

I think it should be fixed.

If you are going to be counting only the first seven votes if the voter
voted for more than seven, it would mean that the system is favouring the
candidates with his name up in the list.

Also, when I was demo-ing the user registration of OIDF at a seminar, I got
this error:

       The change you wanted was rejected.

       Maybe you tried to change something you didn't have access to.

and could not proceed. Is this normal? How can I demo?

=nat

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:28 AM, David Recordon <drecordon at sixapart.com>wrote:

> I agree that we should have validation of voting.  When I went to
> vote, I wondered about the same thing as Chris in terms of what
> happens if I voted for either people instead of seven.  Maybe just a
> counter at the top showing the number you ticked off?  I had to pull
> up a text editor to figure out how I was voting.
>
> --David
>
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 6:27 PM, chris.messina at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > 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
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris Messina
> > Citizen-Participant &
> >  Open Technology Advocate-at-Large
> > factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org
> > citizenagency.com # vidoop.com
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