[Theforum] Re: VotingRegs

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Fri Feb 1 17:16:09 CST 2002


amanda,

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> From: A. Erickson
>
> --jeff said:----------------------------------
> voting needs to be broken down by "type" -- vote or
> poll.  votes can't have their results viewed by voters
> until the vote closes.  polls show their results as
> soon as a vote is cast.
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> So you think a vote is something different than a poll?
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yes, most definitely.  if we take this distinction into consideration when
building this app, then we can use it on weo for little fun polls, for
example:

what os do you use primarily?
 o Windows
 o Macintosh
 o Linux
 o Atari

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> I don't think I want to create anything in the app that
> shows results as it goes...If we want to see results
> then we'll do it here in theforum with +1s.
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think beyond our voting needs here for just a sec.

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> So, it is the terminology that you're getting at? You
> just want me to call voting voting and not polling?
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nope.  does my response shed more light?

thanks,

.jeff

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