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05/07/2004 03:17:20 PM · #1 |
I saw many requests to increase the amount of comments given. It seems that the reason many don't comment often is due to the length of time required to create comments.
So, I created a quick and dirty comment builder. It's a frameset that has the comment builder off to the left, and the DPC site off to the right.
Find it at //www.blueneedle.com/dpchallenge/comments.htm
It works by taking the checkboxes you select and building up a string with each separate checked box's content on a new line. When you hit the "comment" button, three things happen:
1) It pops up a Javascript alert so you can verify your comments are correct.
2) It copies the text you see in the alert box to the clipboard
3) It resets the form for the next use
Couple caveats:
1) This only loads the vote page into the right frame, you still need to go from there to the challenge you wish to vote on.
2) This currently only works in IE. For Netscape, you need to do things a bit differently coding wise, and it requires lossening your security settings (which I don't approve of or suggest) unless you sign your Javascript code. Once this becomes a bit more mature and will have less churn in terms of changes I may look into this. I jsut don't want to be resigning code all the time.
3) you still need to paste your comments into the box under the photo in the right frame. I'd auto populate it, but Javascript disallows manipulating objects on different domains, so this iwll have to wait until DPC gets to putting something on their site.
Please give feedback on my choices of available comments. Are there ones I should have but don't? Are there ones I have but shouldn't?
I'd like to let the community help to guide the direction of this utility, so I want to hear all about it!
-mykoleary
Message edited by author 2004-05-07 15:21:30. |
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05/07/2004 03:20:47 PM · #2 |
Neat work, I suppose (though 'How'd you do that!' should have a question rather than exclamation mark).
I'm against any of this stuff that helps people avoid having to think for themselves, however.
Ed
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05/07/2004 03:21:43 PM · #3 |
i get an error when I try it.
Method Not Allowed
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /dpchallenge/buildcomment.htm.
Message edited by author 2004-05-07 15:22:53. |
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05/07/2004 03:31:20 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by mirdonamy:
i get an error when I try it.
Method Not Allowed
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /dpchallenge/buildcomment.htm. |
Hadn't seen that myself. Which browser version? |
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05/07/2004 03:43:10 PM · #5 |
Nice job !wow! lot of your time.
I don't know if this is the way DPC will go or not.
I don't even know how I'd feel about something liked this. It would be quicker to vote but wouldn't stop trolls, and we'd loose the personal touch. :) |
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05/07/2004 03:45:23 PM · #6 |
| I tried this in IE. It looked pretty good; I immediately found that the list of descriptions was too short--not close to what I wanted to say. But a good idea. Perhaps a customizable list, with our own phrases, that we could manage is the way to do this. |
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05/07/2004 04:37:16 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by nshapiro:
Perhaps a customizable list, with our own phrases, that we could manage is the way to do this. |
Ya, just make sure there is at least one way of saying, "Does not fit the challenge." :)
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