Member Poll: The Gift Menu

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I just changed the gift menu so that all the gifts can be seen with radio buttons beside them. The other way is to have it as a drop down text list. I'd like to know which format our members prefer when selecting a gift because there are pros and cons to each. For example, the radio button view doesn't show names and some items are hard to identify. The banjo looks like a baby rattle to me.


Radio buttons with graphics pros:
-can see all gifts at once.
-may make it easier to choose a gift.
Radio buttons with graphics cons:
-graphics may load slow for some.
-you can't see the name of the gift.

Drop down list pros:
-no time to load.
-you can see the name of the gift.
Drop down list cons:
-can't see the gift until you click on the name.
-takes longer if you want to view some gifts first.
-can't see all gift names at once.
 

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I voted for the drop down list. I can't tell what half of the things are without having the name next to it.
The easter egg is particularly freaky without knowing what it is ...and still is a little starnge when you do!
 
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

I voted for the drop down list. I can't tell what half of the things are without having the name next to it.
The easter egg is particularly freaky without knowing what it is ...and still is a little starnge when you do!
Thanks. Now I know what to get you.
 

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I think I prefer the drop down menu as some of them need descriptions and it lessens the chance of clicking on the wrong gift.

I do like having all of them together also though to look at, but perhaps as a sticky (with the gift names beside?) rather than the menu?
 

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Originally Posted by Hydroaxe

Thanks. Now I know what to get you.
Pickles. She likes pickles.


Or bananas.


My two cents: Either option is fine by me, but I know a few folks have had issues with accidentally sending gifts to themselves or the wrong person. Any kind of "preview your gift choice" thing out there? Just a thought, I have so few of them I had to share.
 

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The big con with being able to see them all at once is that on several of them you can't tell what the item is.... I know that the drop down menu takes an extra few minutes to work through to see what the gift looks like, but at least you know what it is.
 

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I like seeing the images, and then picking based on that....If a banjo looks like a rattle, when I see it next to your name Ill think rattle! Plus, when I finally saved up enough points to send someone something, it took me forever looking at everything one by one!
 

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I like the drop down list too, but it doesn't matter to me, whatever everybody else wants is fine with me. I am pretty flexible.
 

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My big problem with the radio buttons with graphics is that I honestly cannot tell which button to click to get which picture. I don't see correctly & I am unable to tell which item I will be getting.
I'd much prefer the drop down menu.
 

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I like seeing the item but do miss the names of them. It's a tough one.
Could you make a sticky of what they look like so when we shop we can see it also?
 

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Can I change my vote? I like the drop down one better!! I just bought a gift and had a hard time figuring out if I had the right one.
 

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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

I voted for the drop down list. I can't tell what half of the things are without having the name next to it.
Drop Down list Ryan.
 
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I voted for the drop down list, basically because of the name thing.

Sweaty armpits are not good 2 go... unless it's a woman that's really my type.
Women don't sweat. They glitter and glow.
 

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I do like seeing them all at once, however 2 things I realised:

1) It might take a little longer for those with dial-up
2) Some of the radio buttons aren't lining up with the picture (i.e. I went there saw the radio button at the end of one line for the gift that started the next.

So I went with the Sweaty armits. Theres nothing sexier than that. Especially if it formed because they sat on the couch all day
 
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