Polls: display results on the same page

[ninetydegrees]

Title:
Polls: display results on the same page

Area:
polls

Summary:
When clicking on 'see results' in a poll you haven't voted on you're brought to a new page; I'd like the results to be shown in the entry instead.

Description:
Apart from the AJAXification which is great in itself, one of the reasons I'd like this is that I often vote on a poll here in dw_suggestions because of this, not because I really wanted to vote on it (this is the case for my own suggestions or suggestions I don't have an opinion on for instance).

Poll #7864 Polls: display results on the same page

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 54

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Should be implemented as-is.
34 (63.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
5 (9.3%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (1.9%)

(I have no opinion)
13 (24.1%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (1.9%)

Comments

[thorfinn]

Hrm. But that might lead to cascading poll effect. People are influenced to vote along with existing results if they can already see existing results. I don't think that making it convenient to see the results without voting is a good idea, perhaps. Don't feel that strongly about it, but I think there's good reasons to hide poll results unless you've voted.

[ninetydegrees]

I'm not asking for results to be displayed by default. I'd just like the results to load on the same page, not a new one. You'd still have to click on the link for results to be displayed. Am I clearer?

[thorfinn]

Actually, you were clear, I wasn't. :-)

I mean that I prefer that it's more convenient to vote (including "no opinion") than it is to display results then vote.

[ninetydegrees]

Oh, ok!

[matgb]

I think there's good reasons to hide poll results unless you've voted.

I concur, it's why I really dislike the way polls auto display results to logged out users, I'd really like for there to be a 'login and vote' button instead, but I don't recall if I ever suggested that.

I want to make everything as userfriendly as possible, so this should be implemented, but perhaps with some consideration of how it would affect this.

[ninetydegrees]

but I don't recall if I ever suggested that.

I case you're still wondering, yes you did (http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/405364.html). I came across it while looking for something else.

[matgb]

Heh, you're always looking through this comm, but thanks-i should've remembered you can filter by user while search was down.

[ninetydegrees]

That's because I submit far too many suggestions! I'm writing another one related to polls and I saw yours while browsing by tag.

[kyrielle]

But in many cases - this community not being one of them - I will see on my reading page or network page a poll that does not apply to me. I have no reason or ability to answer it. But I am curious about the results.

It really bugs me that I can't load it in-line.

Conversely, if someone really wants to know before voting, they can now; it's just an extra page load.