Today I downloaded the latest Xoops poll module (called xoopspoll). It was released only 4 weeks ago and is thankfully compatible with my version of Xoops. This is the plugin that lets you create questions that people can vote on. It allows single or multiple select, various colours for the result graphs, and expiry dates.
Because I’m re-doing WikiStudent with usability in mind, one of the important things I want to do everywhere is remove anything that isn’t absolutely necessary. The Xoops poll module has a large comment area under each question, which the old WikiStudent had, since it was activated by default. This time round I’m getting rid of this comments box.
Why am I removing it? Because in the past, Unisa students happily voted on the polls (e.g. How many hours do you study per day?) but hardly anybody had anything to comment. Because it’s so much easier to just click an option than click and give an explanation why you chose what you did, I think we can do without comments on the polls.