gelisam comments on Debate tools: an experience report - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Morendil 05 February 2010 02:47PM

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Comment author: gelisam 06 February 2010 01:02:11AM *  8 points [-]

Reading that Argunet was both open source and flawed, I decided to download the code (signals geekiness) in order to fix the problem you have encountered (signals generosity). I didn't have to change anything: it took me a while (signals perseverance) but I finally figured out how to move a box in Argunet (signals superior problem-solving abilities).

It turns out that the result of dragging a box depends on whether the box was selected prior to dragging it. If the box was selected, it is moved, otherwise, an arrow is created. So, before you move a box, select it by clicking on it.

Comment author: Morendil 06 February 2010 09:29:17AM 0 points [-]

Heh. Thanks a bunch for your efforts, that's useful.

There are some conclusions to draw from this incident about the attributes that make for good software design, but they might be a topic for another thread (or another blog).