The "Star" ratings box

Friday, October 12, 2007 by AiTakahashi | Discussion: Stardock Support General

Hi, I don't know if this is the first time such a request has been made, but in the skin-downloads pages, I've found the download button and skin-ratings box to be in such close proximity that I have on occasion inadvertently clicked a rating, rather than the download button. This is partly due to me being a bit hasty with the mouse, but also the fact that the ratings-box is a mouse-over item. As such, and to illustrate, I went to download Essorant's recently updated "Nuage Redux" 'blind, but by the time I clicked the download button, the ratings mouse-over had activated, and a two-star rating was taken instead. Is there any chance these two entities could be separated some more? (...and if poss, admin - could you adjust my mistaken 2-star rating for that skin to 5 stars?)

Thanks, in advance.

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AiTakahashi
Reply #21 Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:04 PM
I think by prefacing your comment by not wanting to be rude you are in fact preparing readers that you are about to be rude and are asking forgiveness beforehand.


Nah, it was in retrospect, after having moaned about "what's the problem here?!?".

Ironically, the dropdown to control smilies here is remarkably similar to the mouse-over in question... but for the fact that the smilie one works.

Philly0381
Reply #22 Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:31 PM
Lets look at it this way, although the Star Ratings box is an annoyance it still works.

People running WB6 and other Stardock programs on Vista have problems running those programs when they shouldn't. Even the smallest of problems that in our minds should/can be fixed easily will get a lower priority.

I'm sure there are alot of other annoyances here also, all of them I'm as sure will be fixed in time.  

jamespaulp
Reply #23 Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:47 PM
To just to add to the confusion

I could be wrong but people working on WB and other SD programs may not be the ones working on Wincustomize website, just a hunch. C pla pla vs html kind?

AiTakahashi
Reply #24 Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:59 PM
Lets look at it this way, although the Star Ratings box is an annoyance it still works.


lol... That's the whole point Philly - it doesn't. It really doesn't, unless you develop a specific "technique" to avoid its foibles. There are two main problems :

1 - I've gone to click "download", only to inadvertently click on a >insert random number between 1 & 5< rating instead.

2 - Just the other night I downloaded a skin and thought, "This is great, five-stars for sure!", and it took me, I sh** you not, 34!!! attempts to select the 5-star option! Stubbing a bare toe on a protruding carpet-tack is more enjoyable.

ZubaZ
Reply #25 Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:19 PM
Stubbing a bare toe on a protruding carpet-tack is more enjoyable.
Everyone to their fetishes
34!!! attempts to select the 5-star option
Up your meds . .you have the shakes.
Re-rating is easy enough if you "miss"

AiTakahashi
Reply #26 Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:29 PM
Re-rating is easy enough if you "miss"


Missing the stars isn't the problem, it's the damn pop-up menu that disappears within a second or so of making it appear!

Example : I hover (or click) the mouse over the star-menu, and move the cursor down towards the desired star-rating, and before it gets there, the menu disappears again. Over and over again... It's immensely frustrating.

NightTrainthedark
Reply #27 Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:32 PM
AiTakahashi... Are you using cursor XP? If yes, it's propbably the cursor themes activation point that is off. I have to go out of the way to not be able to rate 5 stars. It's not that difficult. Something else is making it hard for you.

AiTakahashi
Reply #28 Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:50 PM
I do indeed use CXP, and that would certainly make sense, but for the fact that it happens with any cursor set I use. Also, take a look at the first 10 or so posts in this thread - many people are reporting the exact same problem, many of them old-hands and skinners themselves.

Philly0381
Reply #29 Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:02 PM
AiTakahashi just to satisfly myself and make sure I appreciated what you were saying I went to a skin and played with moving the cursor up to download button and to the ratings box.

I didn't have any problems. Did I have to pay attention to where the point of the cursor was, yes. I use CursorXP Plus, which really shouldn't make a difference.

Are the two functions too close to one another, yes. But that in itself does not effect you being able to make rating the skin a problem. That's why I said it seemed more of an annoyance.

Having said the above I still can see where people could have problems and it does need to looked at.

AiTakahashi
Reply #30 Saturday, January 5, 2008 6:14 PM
I'm almost afraid to ask...

3 months on, and still no change?

Philly0381
Reply #31 Saturday, January 5, 2008 6:18 PM
Yep that's right. You probably won't see a change until the next update of the WinCustomize site.  

MadDeez
Reply #32 Saturday, January 5, 2008 6:20 PM
the site will be revamped in the near future. there's no need to rearrange things now when they'll be completely revamped soon.

AiTakahashi
Reply #33 Saturday, January 5, 2008 8:58 PM
there's no need to rearrange things now when they'll be completely revamped soon.


lol... I guess not. It's not like people have been requesting this change for, ooh... over a year is it?

Oh wait, yes they/we have!

killajosh
Reply #34 Saturday, January 5, 2008 10:13 PM
ya know, it's kinda funny, but I have absolutely no trouble hitting a rating on my first attempt. Maybe its all those years of video games..... increased hand/eye coordination......

Phoon
Reply #35 Saturday, January 5, 2008 10:50 PM
ya know, it's kinda funny, but I have absolutely no trouble hitting a rating on my first attempt


I don't experience any kind of issue at all with it either.

Slow the hell down and pay attention to what you are clicking on and I wager that your issues will go away too.
This is not a big deal.

killajosh
Reply #36 Saturday, January 5, 2008 11:18 PM
Phoon, it would tend to agree that it is not a big deal.....but apparently to some folks it is. Not sure why, though.....

BONEHEADdb
Reply #37 Saturday, January 5, 2008 11:20 PM
Step one: Place cursor over star rating.
Step two: Drop down appears. Bring cursor to desired rating.
Step three: Click.

killajosh
Reply #38 Saturday, January 5, 2008 11:28 PM
Step one: Place cursor over star rating.
Step two: Drop down appears. Bring cursor to desired rating.
Step three: Click.


DnB, you got that from "Rating for Dummies", didn't you?

BONEHEADdb
Reply #39 Sunday, January 6, 2008 1:43 AM
Afraid I haven't seen that one. It's not word for word is it? I'll see if I can find it.

Fuzzy Logic
Reply #40 Sunday, January 6, 2008 4:42 AM

Sometimes when a website is made you get these odd little design flaws. For now you'll have to make do with exercising a bit of care when selecting downloads or ratings.

I'm sure this will be better designed in the next version of WC.


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