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Review system question.

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.Rybak.
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So when you're reviewing a product and you're using the sliders, when you slide it to the left it means that you're leaning more towards the right choice and vice versa? Because I just did a review and now i'm confused.
Oct 19 2013 2:06AM
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Turner.
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My understanding (and I'm pretty confident in this) is that you drag the cursor towards the rating that you want. So if I want to say my helmet is lightweight, I drag the cursor towards "light". Because it's a comparison, not a rating from (e.g.) 1-10, right?
Oct 19 2013 11:12PM
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NinetyFour
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Wherever the split between the two colours is closer to, is what the user is leaning towards. It gets confusing when it's full orange or full blue though. I think it would make sense to have a little bar that divides the two colours to make it clearer.
Oct 20 2013 7:07PM
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.Rybak.
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Ok. When i looked at that it looked like i went for the opposite side. thanks.
Oct 20 2013 7:20PM
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VD.
Posts: 4054 - Karma: 4,564
Not threadworthy, so I'll put it here:

- Can we get the ability to use paragraphs in the review section, I wrote two reviews, and afterwards I realised how overwhelming they looked being a continuous block of text.
Oct 26 2013 6:46PM
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broto
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just hit enter twice. while it won't be indented, the text will be seperated
Oct 26 2013 6:56PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Good point, we should have a little indicator or something. You're right though, the idea is that its a slider to represent where you sit between the two options.

Oct 27 2013 1:17PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Bug. We'll look into it.
Oct 27 2013 1:18PM
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will_powder
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I'd say just get rid of the sliders. They don't really tell me anything new. I just want to hear personal experiences in words about the product.
Oct 28 2013 8:56PM
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Turner.
Posts: 1986 - Karma: 11,881
I doubt they're going anywhere, tbh. My understanding is that they are there not designed only to rate the product, but also to categorize it. Eventually, after enough reviews are amassed, this sort of thing would allow you to search by characteristic (stiff skis, say) and get a bunch of reviews of skis that fit your search.

Also, my guess is that not everyone is down to write out a paragraph about their gear - With sliders, no one is deterred from rating their gear because they don't want to write it out. And, for what it's worth, the written capacities and credibility of NSers' opinions varies significantly, so this takes some of the guesswork out of it.

That's my .02 anyway.
Oct 28 2013 9:33PM
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