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I feel stupid, but I just didn't see the voting buttons until tonight.

Nov 24, 2009 4:27 AM

I get it now, but I couldn't find the voting buttons (and had just not read carefully enough to realize I should have been voting). It's obvious that they are "up arrows," but I'm not sure it's obvious that you should "click" them. A mouseover in Firefox/win XP doesn't give any info, and the red color seems counter-intuitive for "I like this."

swpruitt swpruitt

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Add me to the confused?/.<""
How about a sub site for the mobile device users among us?

agmilner agmilner
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Doh! So that's how it works!

teamradicus teamradicus
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I didn't know either:(

dmtiern dmtiern
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Absolutely correct! Didn't anyone wonder why many of us were not voting?

wgthompson wgthompson
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I guess I would have voted before this if I had known it was expected of us.

winterconch winterconch
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Thanks for the info! I was lost as well!

pharmguy pharmguy
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Yah, thanks for putting this question up. I thought the red tags were for sales not votes, as other people did.

jpeteb jpeteb
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I too had no idea about voting the deals up, and what is the purpose of doing so if you're not buying? If you don't buy who cares if you think it's a good deal?

ludwig1138 ludwig1138
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I have been lost on this board also. Maybe I need to spend more time on it.

sethanee sethanee
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nods nods nods
I'll toss my "me too" into the pot. Thanks for the explanations!

nyifan nyifan
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Thank you - ditto, ditto. I didn't see the voting buttons until you said you just found them!

But I must add, I like deals.woot. I've already purchased a logitech keyboard and a host of flying chickens and monkeys!

twincity twincity
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I still do not see any voting buttons .............. is this a middle east election?

smkay smkay
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I agree. This is more work than Spoofee or Passwird....

the.dominator the.dominator
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I can't find the voting buttom either.

laudt laudt
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I didn't know we were supposed to be voting.

sanwren sanwren
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+1 to that. A short intro of the available features would most likely be welcomed by the noob invasion.

jsetty jsetty
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i'm STILL not seeing the vote buttons...

mickdm65 mickdm65
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Yeah they need to adjust this maybe put the word vote under the number.

aldagar2005 aldagar2005
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I concur, did not know how to vote until I read your post

sharir sharir
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Holy crap.....I had no idea. I would've been voting all the time if I had known what they were. Thanks for putting this comment out there, so at least I could vote a little before the testing is over.

bigjp bigjp
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You are not alone! :)

pcllc pcllc
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I saw the comment about voting buttons and it still took me 15 minutes to figure out how to vote...nice feature.

arch13 arch13
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New Woot screen size is too large. Old Woot exactly filled the screen. Now I need to "slide" back and forth to see the entire page

normg normg
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Glad to know I'm not the only one...

larrycura larrycura
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Ditto to that...I didn't understand either!!! I did purchase a few things, but the voting caught me off guard! How simple...click the solid shape next to the description...so easy!

misswinegirl misswinegirl
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Yeah - was really tough to know that - UI designers take note!

jbartol jbartol
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bump. i didn't see them either

fordgebd fordgebd
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I wouldn't have known either without this thread! DOH!

hops hops
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i've been elightened now

blonborg blonborg
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yes, me too! Feel like a moron! ;o)

yai.yai yai.yai
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Add me to the moron list, wasn't even aware there was voting

riperoo riperoo
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Yes, I agree with the comments regarding the voting button. Not clear at all!

londonpeach londonpeach
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Also had no idea how to vote...

badgeholder badgeholder
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Ok, I did not read all the comments but the ones i read did not help. They said that this thread helped them vote but not me. I had to just start looking and looking, So, here it is!

Look to the left of this comment. Do you see that red box/arrow with a number in it? Click it. You have now voted.

sypher sypher
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I thought they were tombstone indicating the amount of time a deal has been posted and when it is over you see RIP

1rudy 1rudy
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Thanks to the OP. I didn't even know that was how to vote.

pkagel pkagel
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probably already pointed out but regarding the page buttons (1 of 6; 2 of 6) etc. when looking at deals or adding comments, there should be a feature to allow the user to go to a designated page in one click, such as a list of pages. Whe I got to page 12 in the deals list yesterday, and I decided to go back to page 5 for a deal I was interested in, I had to click 7 times!

nyc123 nyc123
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"Birds of a feather..." I agree, the buttons need to be more obvious. I'm glad I found this post. Now I can "earn" my BETA BADGE!! Da da da!!! :)

tausigma tausigma
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the big question is will there be boc's

jccdlc jccdlc
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@eHalcyon: Great info. Thanks!

apsey apsey
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I still don't see it!

jimrox1012 jimrox1012
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@NYC123: I found the page nav annoying too. Found that the sort buttons helped but a "go to page number" box would be fantastic!

sypher sypher
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ok now I get it. Talk about feeling dumb.

gokita gokita
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Ditto. I was like, "Sure, I want to vote, but how?" Now I see it. Thanks for the help.

tjbub tjbub
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I'm with stupid! I just found the voting buttons...took me long enough.

debcharles debcharles
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Add me to the stupid list.

Didn't know the arrows were the voting buttons.

But, thanks to this comment...I and other do!

Happy Holiday!!

WOOT!!

dnelson17 dnelson17
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agreed.

bk55238 bk55238
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oh. now i get it. good post

hiro hiro
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I figured it out, but it took a while, and it was counter-intuitive. Not as simple as I expected it to be from Woot.

tclifton tclifton
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Ditto. It was a little humbling I must admit. My parents had to show me....I will never live it down. Maybe the early morning parental 'tech support' calls will subside. "Uh..hello? 'We can't get the printer to work!' Have you turned it off and on? 'No.' Do that. ....... 'Yay, it's working now!' Good, I am going back to bed."

smallman smallman

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