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Sign, or have an abstain option that would make that arrow stop.
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reply to Inchworm
Actually Inchy, it's not that bad. I never wanted to be forced to take a poll by being annoyed with a little arrow that danced around on my Fav Forums page. There was NO WAY I was going to click that button and take part in a poll that I really couldn't care less about just to make that arrow shut up and so I just left it. Darned thing has been dancing around for months now and I can honestly say that I just don't notice it any more.

Little things like that really annoy me, but I got used to it!

But for those who MUST click that button, I'll *sign*.

Edit: Why oh why did I post in this thread??? Now that I'm conscious of it again, all I can see is that stupid, stupid arrow
[text was edited by author 2003-07-08 17:04:32]

reply to Inchworm
*object* - if you don't care, don't vote.

reply to Inchworm
I see your point, I would *sign* to an abstain choice to stop the animation or code it so that if you click on the animation link to go see the poll it would stop blinking.
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reply to Inchworm

said by removed:

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*object* - if you don't care, don't vote.

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reply to Inchworm
It's not that I don't care, so much as the fact that the large majority of BBR polls are about subjects that are outside my interests. I don't care how it is handled, just give me a way to stop the animated arrow at the top of my page. Like grobinette said, the code could be changed so that once I visit the poll page (whether I vote or not) it would be deactivated. I just suggested a "don't know/don't care" option as a means to that end.
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reply to Inchworm
Just do what most probably do anyway..

eenie meenie miney moe....

The "don't care, don't vote" attitude wont stop the flashing "POLL" .gif, now will it.

Now just throwing a useless vote in, and skewing the legitimacy of the poll will work just fine.

Or at the very least just vote "Other" without giving a reason why.
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reply to Inchworm
*sign*
I've seen this brought up before. The flashing icon bugs me if I don't get to the poll right away.
I think that once I visit the poll page, it should stop flashing even if I choose not to vote in the poll.

[text was edited by author 2003-07-08 18:35:28]

reply to grobinette

said by grobinette:

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I see your point, I would *sign* to an abstain choice to stop the animation or code it so that if you click on the animation link to go see the poll it would stop blinking.

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said by removed:

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*object* - if you don't care, don't vote.

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reply to Inchworm

said by Rockster:

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Now that I'm conscious of it again, all I can see is that stupid, stupid arrow

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said by Inchworm:

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just give me a way to stop the animated arrow at the top of my page. Like grobinette said, the code could be changed so that once I visit the poll page (whether I vote or not) it would be deactivated.

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reply to Shanto20

said by Shanto20:

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but i would like to see this: if you have voted in the thread stop wasting time by showing the choices again and show the results only.

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reply to Inchworm
*object* if you dont care pick the more negative choice

reply to Inchworm
I'm going to stay *neutral* on this one because I rarely ever vote in the polls as it is.

I usually just ignore the flashing graphic
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said by removed:

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*object* - if you don't care, don't vote.

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reply to Inchworm
object. when you click on the poll, it quits flashing anyway, or at least it does for me.
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reply to Inchworm
But that's her whole point, if I may.

The animated arrow is there to direct your attention to a new poll, and nudge you to cast a vote in it. However, if it's a subject about which you have no knowledge, it would be helpful if there was a way to abstain from voting, and still de-animate the arrow. Casting a blind vote just to escape from the new poll arrow is not helpful to the poll results.

Probably a coding hassle, but for the idea, *sign*.

no, i mean if i just view the poll without voting it quits flashing. or i think it does. i will check next time there's a new one.

reply to Inchworm
Inchworm has a great point, some of us don't have the time, to read or vote in the poll, and the flashing arrow, can be annoying at times.

I **SIGN** to the fact that once you visit the page, the blinking arrow stops.



[text was edited by author 2003-07-09 14:01:17]