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- masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Looks EXACTLY the same as the one Adobe has had for awhile.
http://www.adobe.com/products/plugins/photoshop/index.html
I like Adobe's animation better; however, this one has smooth movement. - smhill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@Muzztein
The Adobe/Opinionlabs one does not do a page reload. Plus it allows for comments and more options. (though that stuff could easily be added the the ajax version.)
So not really a gain.
I'm not saying it is bad or worse, but it really isn't anything new, creative or a better that what is out there.
However, they should have put some more thought into the release. The PHP presents some security issues. Not a problem for those who no what they are doing and the correct way to do things, but there will be a bunch of noobs downloading this and sticking it on their little blogs pretty much as is. - Subcranium, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7How does it help to know how much people like your site when you don't know _why_ people like or don't like it?
The only time I think a system like this is useful is on sites that have a lot of stories and they each have a separate rating. - mathew_bug, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Change the CSS, don't rant.
- olego, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Hasn't anyone heard of CSS position:fixed? Why all the distracting and annoying JavaScript?
- atozand1to10, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5They are outsourcing it to http://www.opinionlabs.com/ and like many other companies do.
- nacs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just browsed the opinionlab site and apparently they *patented* the [ ] [-] thing that this feedback mechanism uses ( http://www.opinionlab.com/about_this_system.asp )!
I hate the way the whole patent system works but actually it looks like opinionlab patented and trademarked a bunch of things that the linked article uses. - Adoozie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Doesn't digg already have something kind of like this? ;)
But seriously, I HATE the delayed-scroll effect. I don't want that stupid thing distracting me every time I touch my mouse wheel. Bad design. - Powerdrift, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Sony has also been using this on their site (at least Sony Style).
- vvaduva, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Floating things on a site are quite annoying in my opinion..from a functional perspective, good tool...from a design perspective.....annoying.
- AhmedF, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Give a URL :)
- escheppa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Go U-Dub System
- smhill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yea, but now that someone made a simple little package, everyone will have one and you won't be popular because you are behind the latest trend.
- matthawaii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Perhaps someone could change it to be from a very happy face, to an angry looking face.
Still have a scale of five - iHeartLiberty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I just put this on one of my sites - took about 3 minutes. Very slick. Now I'll know just *exactly* how bad that site sux! :-)
- shockingbird, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah, definitely easy but I was saying I'd include some mysql tables with it.
- Alegis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2very nice, I like this one a lot and remembering it for future projects.
- smhill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3To words : Internet Explorer.
(though IE7 does support it, at least the more current beta versions do) - f00xx0riz3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Who the hell tought of making this from right to left instead of left to right.. crazy..
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It is a good script and very easily customised. However, I do not think that user feedback in the form of "Excellent, Good etc...." is very good. I would be more interested in finding out what they would like to be added to the site, what they like best, if they like the design, if it is updated enough etc....
That being said it is a good script, hopefully the author will keep updating it. - MattLat, on 10/12/2007, -8/+10University of Wisconsin, Platteville has been doing this for quite some time now:
http://www.uwplatt.edu
It's actually really handy, I suggest putting feedback on any site... it's an awesome way to see just what your users think of the website. - j4s0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3funny, for some guys, that don't like it, then don't use it. Simple concept. ;)
- htns, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'd have to disagree with the crowd on this one and say that it's annoying.
- smhill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2None needed.
Visually it is taken from somewhere else. Code wise it so simple that you can't really copyright it. Any more than you can copyright a html table, or a chunk of javascript to make a popup window. - BIGmog, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I seems awkward with the pluses on the left and the minuses on the right. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4This crap is so myspace it makes me wanna hurl
- wizalt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I like a site that can let you know it is double plus ungood
- pornel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Looks crappy when you scroll the page - it's sooo Netscpape 4 style.
Current browsers have position:fixed for this, and poor old IE has CSS expression(). - bitterCAMPARI, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Personally, having something like this on my site makes me feel like im in a popularity contest.
- Triffid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2wtf... why is that any different than a pop-up? mouse rollovers shouldn't open anything up that doesn't promptly close when the mouse is rolled off.
- AhmedF, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Working just fine in IE6 for me.
- smhill, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@Muzztein
So? the result is the same. Using AJAX is not a significant improvement over the original, it is just a different way to do it.
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I am a little surprised at what now qualifies and AJAX "news". Many of have been doing stuff like this since before it was called AJAX. Granted a AJAX driven gallery or web app emulating desktop is cool and digg worthy, but a feedback mechanism that is a clone of an existing one doing absolutely nothing innovative what so ever? Really, this is pretty much an example of very simplest thing you can do with AJAX. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Nice...I like how it doesn't lag/stop like adobes!
- AhmedF, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Our entire goal was to make it simple - unfortunately too many sites/scripts now suffer from excessive bloat. I am thinking of changing the way the feedback link moves (eg make it appear/disappear instead of following you) and adding the ability to submit comments. Other than that I think its just fine :)
- nacs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'm not sure why the author of the blog post didn't mention it anywhere but this is the same system that http://www.opinionlab.com/ created a couple years ago.
A number of companies (like Adobe) use the opinionlab thing to collect feedback on their site. - trampish, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4The UWPlatt design is better, the other seems a little crude (the blue part anyway)
- Subcranium, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I agree. Maybe better would be if it disappeared and then slowly faded in after you settled down. Maybe.
Or maybe it would still suck. - AhmedF, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Easy to change - just open up the JS and move stuff around :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Huh? Is this guy touting this as his own original idea? I've seen it used in quite a few sites for awhile now.
- TubaTechno, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7The Feedback pop up is really really really really uglly. Otherwise, cool. Digg
- shockingbird, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I may make where it posts to a MySQL DB. Let me know if anyone's interested in the code.
- AhmedF, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Because a popup steals focus and other issue s:)
- Switch22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Sweet, AJAX http://ajax.ytmnd.com/
- boxfan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I digg it but I think opinionlabs will come a knocking because of their patent on the design of the crosshair.
- AhmedF, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2There is none - read the readme.txt. Use it however you want.
- mcstephen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0sonystyle.com is amazing in thier ajax implementations. Good design. Any developers working for sonystyle please mail to stephen.joey@consultant.com
- mcstephen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0sonystyle.com is amazing in thier ajax implementations. Good design. Any developers working for sonystyle please mail to stephen.joey@matrixmatters.com
- raccettura, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Nice, but no license mentioned.
- Kailash.Nadh, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Nify, its definetly gonna come handy.
- kypen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I don't think it would be too difficult to implement a comments box as well. I think the concept was more for the unobtrusive way that still catches attention.
And to masamunecyrus below:
Not exactly at ALL. Adobe's creates a popup window. That is annoying as hell. -
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