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SendOfJive wrote:

Must be in recognition of the 5 or 6 Kudos I have received since they revamped the site. 

Thanks all, for the kind words.

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If 'kudos' influences one's rank, then the issues raised by the following posts need to be urgently addressed:

Plankton:  

1) The small KUDOS icon on the left hand side is not complete, only 2/3 of it is displayed. There isn't any text displayed that ld elict a response from a user even to give it. Just looks like a yellow background white a white star. Link

Floplot:

 The Kudos symbol really needs to be labelled. To me it looks like a symbol for a ghost with no legs----lol

Seriously though, I think a lot of people are missing the Kudos symbol and not knowing there is one. Since I have been coming to the Forum and have become aware of Kudos, I have never seen so few of them. I know it's the weekend, but there was always such a long list and people with many kudos always listed. Link

 As most forum members currently have no idea as to what the kudos' feature' represents, this 'Listing Forum Ranks'  thread really comes across as being somewhat narcissistic...

[edit: Changed subject to reflect move.]

[AllenM Norton Fighter]

Hi Elsewhere,

Yes I agree about the Kudo's button, it has been brought up several times by more than one person. For some reason there seems to be a reluctance to add a label - that is my personal impression of course. It was not labeled in the previous forum software either but it is even less visible now. I'm wondering if there might be a concern on Symantecs part that if they label it, it might be construed as "soliciting" kudo's which is one thing forum members are never allowed to do and to do so would be in violation of forum rules.

Allen

[SendOfJive Norton Fighter]

Not only does the Kudo button need to be better identified, I believe it should be moved back into the field of the post itself.  Since a kudo is based on the content of the post and not the name of the person who authored it, it makes more sense to locate the button more prominently alongside the post, rather than under the author's name.  This would be more logical, would encourage more readers to give kudos to ideas they find deserving, and would make the number of kudos given to a particular post more visible to others reading the thread.

[floplot Norton Fighter]

Hello

I don't know if the discussion of Kudos in this thread is going to result in the exposure that it needs, but you are correct  SOJ in what you are saying. The location of the Kudos symbol for those users who realize what that symbol does mean does make it seem like you are giving Kudos to the person because of who typed it rather than for the content of the post. It should be moved back to the right side of the post.

Considering that in English we read from left to right and type that way also, the final thing that is done after reading a post should be the marking of a Kudos if one wants to mark a thread with a Kudos and people would notice it more on the right side I believe since that is where one is when one finishes reading a post. Just like marking a thread as solved I believe is still on the right side of the post. It should be located near to that marking of the thread as solved location.

[Yaso_Kuuhl Norton Fighter]

I have asked a moderator to split off elsewhere's post and replies until and including floplot's post and transfer them to their own thread.

In the meantime, congrats to floplot who, together with me, has gone bold :-D Shall we share a bottle of champagne, floplot? ;-)))

[floplot Norton Fighter]

Hello Yaso

Don't know how well champagne would mix with my meds, but I'd be game for a little bit.

[Yaso_Kuuhl Norton Fighter]

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floplot wrote:

Hello Yaso

Don't know how well champagne would mix with my meds, but I'd be game for a little bit.

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I was only thinking of a few dainty sips ;-))))

*clinking of glasses*

I have changed the subject header of my message to reflect the topic of this new thread ;-))) I have also asked a moderator to change to overall subject header of the thread, otherwise there will be TWO "listing forum ranks" threads. Rather confusing ;-/

In the meantime, I agree with the others that the current kudos button is not very helpful. The old kudos button was far superior.

[Phil_D Norton Fighter]

After reading the comments here about the hard to identify Kudos button, I have changed my signature line in an attempt to address the issue. My intent is not to solicit Kudos for myself, but rather guide new members to this important forum feature.

If anyone would like to use the same info, please feel free to do so. No credit to the author is required as I hope this may benefit the forums. Here is the HTML code which can be pasted into your signature field. Also, please feel free to edit as you see fit.

<p><font color="#cc6633" face="verdana,geneva" size="1"></font></p>
<p><font color="#cc6633" face="verdana,geneva" size="1">Click the Kudos Star <img alt="kudos20.jpg" width="20" border="0" title="kudos20.jpg" src="/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/4606iFE307DC0922D08F3/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" height="13"> if you found a post to be helpful and informative. </font><font face="verdana,geneva" color="#cc6633" size="1">If your issue was resolved, select “Accept as Solution” on the post that best answered your question. </font><font face="verdana,geneva" color="#cc6633" size="1">This will help others when searching the forums.</font></p>

[Yaso_Kuuhl Norton Fighter]

Phil, you're simply the best! Thanks!

[floplot Norton Fighter]

Hello

This is probably going to sound a little odd I know since I have been here for so long, but where is the signature field? I just checked all over my settings to find it. I know I must be missing something since I have seen others using signatures other than Guru's. I feel dumb now asking this question here.:(