[ale] [Fwd: Re: Vote Today - Message from Marie

[Mike Millson]

If I were designing a web form, I think I would use radio buttons with a
"None of the above" option and make "None of the above" the default
selection.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:17 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] [Fwd: Re: Vote Today - Message from Marie

Pete Hardie wrote:
> Byron A Jeff wrote:w in the system this morning because it's
>
>> not obvious at all. At the review screen you choose the vote to
>> change. Then
>> you have to UNSELECT your current vote by pressing on the currently
>> selected
>> vote. Then you can choose another selection.  It took me a couple of
>> minutes
>> to figure out that unselecting was required.  The obvious way is to have
>> selecting another vote automatically unselect the current vote, like a
>> radio
>> button.
>
>
> I concur.  I'd rather see a radio button.
>
> However, I think that the deselect is a safety measure - you can't
> accidentally touch the screen in the wrong box and change your vote.
> And given our election boards propensity for making confusing ballots,
> this may be a good thing.

I doubt it, it's certainly not intuitive, at least thus far.  You have
the option to review your ballot before you cast it anyway.

--
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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