Subject: Lost points because of mistake - suggestion for friendvista [Print This Page] Author: serena75 Time: 10-25-2008 13:20 Subject: Lost points because of mistake - suggestion for friendvista
I just made a mistake and clicked on an episode that I've already seen (and don't want to see again) and I lost points because of a simple mistake. I think there should be some kind of warning pop up, like: "You've already seen this episode, do you want to continue? Yes / NO". I don't know if that is difficult to do, but it would be something that I'd find very useful.
Edit: Thanks for the points Waterlilybarb!
[ Last edited by serena75 at 10-26-2008 10:57 ] Author: moosey1989 Time: 10-25-2008 18:16
thats a cool idea...i second that idea...what be good to have that kinda alert =) Author: cshapiro Time: 10-25-2008 20:22 Subject: Reply 1#1 serena75's post
Good suggestion. In the mean time you can check you viewing history in the Member's Centre which, is located in the top right of the VIP site.
Sorry for the trouble. Author: bala Time: 10-26-2008 00:18 Subject: Reply 1#1 serena75's post
This why you always check viewing history before continue to watch the next episode Author: shinny Time: 10-26-2008 01:34 Subject: Reply 4#4 bala's post
Yes, but you could still accidentally click on the wrong episode even knowing which one you are looking for. I know I've done that before. For instance, I meant to click on episode 5 and hit episode 4 but accident. It happens !!
It's a good suggestion Serena. I think as long as you have a history of viewed shows, that should be something the admin team can do (I'm guessing!!). However, once the history is cleared (which happens) you may not get the warning because there is nothing to base it on anymore. Author: bala Time: 10-26-2008 01:50 Subject: Reply 5#5 shinny's post
yeah i know i always click new episode updated Author: serena75 Time: 10-26-2008 02:07 Subject: Reply 3#3 cshapiro's post
I actually did check my viewing history in the Member's Center, but I clicked on the wrong episode by mistake. I'm going to be more careful in the future! Author: serena75 Time: 10-26-2008 02:14 Subject: Reply 5#5 shinny's post
That is exactly what I did. Last episode I saw was 6 and I was looking for episode 7, but clicked on 6 anyway! Really annoying when that happens!
Do you get a warning before the viewing history is cleared? If not, I might have to keep a viewing history of my own, because of bad memory Author: bala Time: 10-26-2008 02:17 Subject: Reply 8#8 serena75's post
unfortunately we get no warning when it cleared most recent viewing will still be there. Author: shinny Time: 10-26-2008 02:32 Subject: Reply 8#8 serena75's post
Yeh, there is no current warning. I was just saying that if our admin team managed to apply a warning, it would only work when there is history.
It's a bummer alright. Author: serena75 Time: 10-26-2008 02:57 Subject: Reply 10#10 shinny's post
Thanks Bala and Shinny.
How often is the viewing history cleared? Author: spoiledbratdee Time: 11-11-2008 23:32
this is a very good suggestion. I watch a lot of shows and having to look through history all the time is just too exhausting. Would appreciate if something like this would be incorporated on the site. Author: gildari Time: 11-12-2008 15:13
OK, here is a fix for both situations, mistakes and after viewing history clearance... and now that I think about it, may even help with another problem on this site.
Have a big prominent button on the main page, that, when pressed, immediately cancels the stream of the show, whatever it was, and returns the credit to the viewer. Make it so you have to hit the "eject" button before say, five minutes of the show has run. THAT should give you time to either A: discover you fumble fingered the mouse, B: realize you've seen this one before, and C: Realize you are having too bad of a connection to try to watching now and pull the plug on it, to wait for a different day or time to watch.
I don't know all of the technical aspects to it, but I imagine that it would be fairly simple to cause a pressing of this eject button to clear the download queue... and maybe have a script that, say at midnight, double checked to ensure you didn't click the same episode again that day, and if so... adds the credits at the end of the day. So long as you didn't watch it all the way through on the same day, it would seem, to me that you could kill a couple of birds with one stone on this.
Good idea? Author: kaialucy Time: 11-12-2008 16:20
Love the idea.
I must have lost lots of points due to mistakes over opening the wrong episode. While the viewing history is OK it's not easy the search for a show you saw a few weeks ago....
Hope something like this can be done....
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