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The 'Please vote now' box

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Myskillzownu:
I agree completely.

I actually brought it up in my post http://www.opticraft.net/index.php/topic,9590.0.html (not knowing you had started this.)

I believe the best option would be to create a cookie in PHP or JS that expires every, say, 24-48 hours, that is created when they hit no. (Or even yes.)
The cookie would stop the popup, which gets bloody annoying if you're viewing multiple pages.

After a day the popup would come up one time, giving them a friendly reminder that they should vote.

Another option would be to pull the players name from either a cookie or their login, and check if they have already voted.
If they haven't voted on any of the four, the popup is displayed. If they have voted on them all, it hides itself.

The best option though (in my eyes) would be a mix of both.
Some users simply might not want to vote, and while it doesn't benefit the server, you shouldn't punish them for it. If they don't want to vote, they won't vote. No popup box will change that.
The only thing the popup box will do is aggravate said users, and possibly leave a bad taste to the name "Opticraft" for them.
Sounds stupid, but it's human nature, and it's inevitable.

Just my two cents
-Dave

ViperZeroOne:
As much as I realize WHY the vote box pops up, I also find it a bit of a problem when I'm not visiting the website from a PC.  Perhaps a good suggestion would be to have the site check your browser and if you're visiting from a "mobile" device it doesn't do the popup?

That said, If you're visiting the website from a mobile device and using a "hacked browser" to make it thinks you're on a desktop then you deserve the popup.

Kian:

--- Quote from: oreojr123456789 on May 06, 2012, 02:58:40 am ---I agree as well. It is annoying when I go on opticraft website from my phone or iPad

--- End quote ---
Yeah I use it on my iPad and it is super annoying at times.

TarynMai:
*shrugs* It only annoys me on my phone.

Myskillzownu:
A could solve that just the same. It's a quick fix too.


--- Quote from: ViperZeroOne on May 06, 2012, 07:51:45 pm ---That said, If you're visiting the website from a mobile device and using a "hacked browser" to make it thinks you're on a desktop then you deserve the popup.

--- End quote ---

Why do they deserve the popup?
I've seen plenty of mobile sites that just suck, many of which don't contain everything the main site does. (They usually leave out the one thing I'm looking for/make it impossible to locate.)
The only mobile device I ever use is my Motorola Triumph, but I've not used it enough to bother doing anything of the sort. However, if I did commonly use a mobile device to view sites (which I probably never will, because I think they are junk compared to a laptop/desktop, and I don't find myself needing to browse the web whilst on the go), I would seriously consider it.

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