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Feature Request: Poll bumping

Started by James McMurray, February 04, 2008, 11:03:50 AM

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James McMurray

February 04, 2008, 11:03:50 AM
As it is now, polls bump themselves whenever someone answers the poll, whether it was by voting or by responding. However, going to the newest post will always take you to the last post, even if the only change was in the results. Would it be possible under the new system to do one of the following:

  • Have the new reply button link to an anchor at the results if the only change to the thread is a new vote.
  • Have some sort of flag that shows if the only reply is a new vote.
  • Something else to prevent me from constantly reading halfway through the last post in a poll that's getting a lot of votes, then scratching my head and wondering why it sounds so familiar. :)

brettmb2

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February 04, 2008, 11:09:07 AM
However the polls work in the new system is how they will work. There is little control over those things. But, we'll see what can be done when we get to it.
Brett Bernstein
Precis Intermedia

flyingmice

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February 04, 2008, 01:20:38 PM
It annoys me too, but I understand Brett's point and sympathize. Sometimes you have no control of a certain "feature" and you have to take the change willy nilly.

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James McMurray

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February 04, 2008, 02:56:34 PM
Don't get me wrong, I definitely agree with his stance. I'd much rather have a tested and working system than a hodgepodge of code changes you get when customizing commercial software to meet a sliding set of user desires.

I just had no idea what sorts of things were possible with the current or future systems.

brettmb2

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February 04, 2008, 03:21:36 PM
Sometimes it's a matter of changing something in a template. Other times it requires hunting down lines of code and deciphering if the code is the right place to make a change. In other words, sometimes it's easy and other times it's not. But there's no point in making the change now only having to do it again when we upgrade.
Brett Bernstein
Precis Intermedia
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