eliW
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On 2002-04-02 03:49, Aladin Akyurek wrote:
The person who posted the problem is the ultimate judge of whether the problem is solved or not; they try the various solutions provded and either they work or they don't. A button provided for the initiator of a thread can be clicked to put a "solved" flag on it.
Don't understand that "[t]he person who posted the problem is the ultimate judge" bit.
I posted a solution a while ago. The OP was happy and said so. The problem is solved. I saw some time later someone else, say X, had posted a crisp, effective solution. I had to chase after the OP to urge him to use X's effective solution. A Solved flag would probably stopped X to consider the OP's problem at all.
The "they [OP's] try the various solutions provded and either they work or they don't" bit also amazes me. This confounds the trouble in implementing a working solution and a solution which is bound not to work for intrinsic reasons.
Aladin
What about an opposite approach; instead of declaring "Solved" having the possibility to declare: "I am not satisfied yet".
This would not prevent anybody to try better solutions for any question even if the author seems to be satisfied. But it would bring focus on problems that did not meet satisfactory solution according to the person who posted them.
A new reply to the post would turn off that indicator.
Eli
This message was edited by eliW on 2002-04-02 07:02