controlling Buttons

[RL]

Perhaps I should have inquired about the feasibility of attaching an owner's handle to each star.

Raymond

[altenbach]

First of all, nobody here should be able to insult anyone, we're all professionals. A poor answer should not get any stars, but a reply pointing out the mistake while offering a better solution.

At the moment, the meaning of the stars is not officially defined, and unfortunately everybody cooks up his own interpretation, including you. 🙂
Minimally, we need a clear description on what the stars mean when we vote (as e.g. with any Restaurant review).

Yes, there is still a large number of users that use this board via the newsgroup and thus don't have access to the star rating system.

[Molly K]

I agree that a reply pointing out the mistake is better than giving someone a poor rating.

I will research some other communities and their rating systems to get some other perspectives. I will let you know what I come up with and we can decide together which path is best for this community.

Thanks for all your input!

[altenbach]

Just for an additiona data point, here's e.g. the star description for the weekly restaurant reviews in the LA times.

**** outsanding on every level
*** Excellent
** Very Good
* Good
No Star: Poor to satisfactory.

Of course in the case of the Developer Exchange, no star simply is a "missing value", and should not mean anything.