http://ui-patterns.com User Interface Design Pattern Library. UI patterns for web designers. See examples and read rationale, solutions, and implementations for each pattern. en-us Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/1144"><img alt="Voting mechanism at break.com." src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/796/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>Voting mechanism at break.com.</p> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:44:47 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/1144 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/1144 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/987"><img alt="The Vote to Promote pattern implemented at hackernews.com. Notice how it's only possible to vote an item up." src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/720/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>The Vote to Promote pattern implemented at hackernews.com. Notice how it&#8217;s only possible to vote an item up.</p> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:17:45 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/987 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/987 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/663"><img alt="The Citizen's Briefing Book at change.gov allows all users to propose ideas for the Obama-Biden administration to pursue. Each idea can be voted up or down and commented." src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/501/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>The Citizen&#8217;s Briefing Book at change.gov allows all users to propose ideas for the Obama-Biden administration to pursue. Each idea can be voted up or down and commented.</p> Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:34:30 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/663 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/663 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/586"><img alt="At stackoverflow.com, you can ask technical questions and execpt answers. The answers given are then voted up or down by the readers with the results that the most useful answers will be at the top closest to the question." src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/457/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>At stackoverflow.com, you can ask technical questions and execpt answers. The answers given are then voted up or down by the readers with the results that the most useful answers will be at the top closest to the question.</p> Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:59:52 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/586 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/586 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/297"><img alt="The process of voting is ambiguous when viewing the list of popular photos at mixx.com. When I click the green up button, will the votes go up? Then what happens if I click the red down button?" src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/230/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>The process of voting is ambiguous when viewing the list of popular photos at mixx.com. When I click the green up button, will the votes go up? Then what happens if I click the red down button?</p> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:04:09 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/297 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/297 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/154"><img alt="VoteToPromote" src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/41/0/0/300" /></a></p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/154 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/154 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/156"><img alt="From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://digg.com&quot;&gt;front page at digg.com&lt;/a&gt;" src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/85/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>From the <a href="http://digg.com">front page at digg.com</a></p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/156 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/156 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/157"><img alt="You can vote an item up or down at &lt;a href=&quot;http://basecamphq.com&quot;&gt;reddit.com&lt;/a&gt;" src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/86/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>You can vote an item up or down at <a href="http://basecamphq.com">reddit.com</a></p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/157 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/157 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/158"><img alt="The voting mechanism integrated into a third-party website" src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/87/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>The voting mechanism integrated into a third-party website</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/158 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/158 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/159"><img alt="The voting mechanism integrated into a third-party website" src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/88/0/0/167" /></a></p><p>The voting mechanism integrated into a third-party website</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/159 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/159 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/160"><img alt="You can remove the votes your have cast at &lt;a href=&quot;http://digg.com&quot;&gt;digg.com&lt;/a&gt;" src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/89/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>You can remove the votes your have cast at <a href="http://digg.com">digg.com</a></p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/160 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/160 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/161"><img alt="Vote To Promote pattern seen in action at &lt;a href=&quot;http://dzone.com&quot;&gt;dzone.com&lt;/a&gt;." src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/96/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>Vote To Promote pattern seen in action at <a href="http://dzone.com">dzone.com</a>.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/161 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/161 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/162"><img alt="UI patterns rated using the Vote to Promote design pattern at dzone.com" src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/129/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>UI patterns rated using the Vote to Promote design pattern at dzone.com</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/162 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/162 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/163"><img alt="The Vote to Promote pattern used at dotnetkicks.com. Note how the site has tried to invent its own metaphor - to &quot;kick&quot; something to a higher level - just like digg.com has successfully done with the term &quot;to digg something&quot;." src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/130/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>The Vote to Promote pattern used at dotnetkicks.com. Note how the site has tried to invent its own metaphor &#8211; to &#8220;kick&#8221; something to a higher level &#8211; just like digg.com has successfully done with the term &#8220;to digg something&#8221;.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/163 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/163 Uploaded screenshot <p><a href="http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/164"><img alt="dzone.com allows you to vote an item up or down." src="http://ui-patterns.com/image/134/0/0/300" /></a></p><p>dzone.com allows you to vote an item up or down.</p> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/164 http://ui-patterns.com/collections/vote-to-promote/entry/164