A bug has been reported where users are unable to vote on feature voting topics using the Google Chrome mobile browser. downey described the reproduce steps and actual behavior, where clicking the “Vote” button toggles the icons of previous voters instead of logging a vote.
cpradio was able to partially reproduce the issue and suggested that the problem lies in the small hit box of the button on mobile devices. They proposed shifting the button to the right of the votes to improve usability.
downey and lognaturel shared similar experiences, with downey expressing support for a UI design change.
codinghorror assigned the issue to tgxworld, who proposed a redesign of the voting button. This redesign, which involves moving the button to the right of the votes, has been confirmed by downey to work well on mobile devices.
Reproduce:
Expected Behavior:
The vote count increments by one.
Actual Behavior:
The icons of previous voters is toggled on and off when you tap the button. No votes are logged.
Browser Info:
Hmm… I can sort of repro, but you can’t click on the Number of Votes to vote. You have to click on the button, which has a very small hit box on Mobile.
When I tried for the button, I kept hitting the Title, I had to move up just slightly to be able to cast a vote.
It might be ideal for on Mobile to shift the button from below, to the right of the votes. As that is already eating up a lot of space where it is at now.
Yeah, I think you’re right. Any lower and I was hitting the title link which reloads the page. So far haven’t been able to hit the target on my phone.
+1 for shifting the button to the right, or some other innovative UI design that we haven’t considered yet.
I have the same experience. I can hit it no problem in landscape but can’t in portrait.
Sure @tgxworld can you take this one?
Confirmed these changes work well for my clumsy fingers … looks great! Thanks @tgxworld & team.
