JoshuaZ comments on Open Thread September, Part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 29 September 2010 12:05:11AM 0 points [-]

Also it would be nice if you had a small amount of additional explanation of how to use the interface.

Comment author: gwern 29 September 2010 12:40:10AM *  0 points [-]

Well, it strikes me as pretty intuitive to me. The only part that seems to trip people up is that a 0-49% prediction for is translated into a 100-x% prediction against.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 29 September 2010 12:42:12AM 1 point [-]

Right, that was the main issue. I had to think for a second to figure out how to put that in.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 29 September 2010 05:38:10AM 0 points [-]

Unless something has changed, a UI problem is that people often "judge" when they should "estimate" or "wager" or something.

Comment author: gwern 29 September 2010 12:25:45PM 0 points [-]

That explains some judgements, but there is a line of text below the judge buttons specifically to forestall that; I'm not sure what easy solutions there are to that.