> I wonder about a so obvious vote system than a tech tip is necessary to explain how it works.
Easy: Documentation is the go to patch for software with usability problems. About a zillion years I went to a conference and Jakob Nielson gave a 4 hour speech. This was when he was first building his brand. He displayed a photograph of a busy street scene and said "find the tiger." No one could see it. Even after a few minutes. Then he took out a laser pointer and lit up a bit of the photograph where there was a tiger on a billboard. It wasn't hidden, it wasn't small, it wasn't at all easy to spot. But once you had see it, there was no way to "unsee it". You knew where it was. His point was about basic human cognition (usability is an application of cognitive psychology and many methods are shared.) A side point was about the difference between "intuitive" and "learnable." Once you know where the voting feature is on the Forums, there's very little chance that you will forget. Before that, it's very easy to miss. I didn't even know if it *was* a feature, of it it was more about the length of the threads. The screens on the forums are...busy. (There's no way I'm going to try that search system, for example.) It took me over a week to sort out how to make text bold. I have avoided the forums for years because of problems with basic functionality and usability. I've started using them a bit, but I still find it a struggle to figure out how to start a thread. So now you know why the tech tip that Tim kindly pointed out was necessary. On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 1:35 AM, Arnaud de Montard via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > Le 24 févr. 2017 à 23:18, Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a écrit : > > > >> Does anyone know, is there an actual 'vote' mechanism, or are you just > supposed to put down a +1 post? > > > > This tech tip should help explain the difference between +1 and voting: > > > > Tech Tip: How to vote for a feature request > > http://kb.4d.com/assetid=76726 > > Vote on 4DBB exists since years now. I wonder about a so obvious vote > system than a tech tip is necessary to explain how it works. > > BTW, giving a star to mean "bad" sounds strange to me, I'd use something > more explicit to "push up or down". Or we could have more fun using some > emoticons like 💩💀👎💣🔫 > > -- > Arnaud de Montard > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
