( definitely ) usability issue with the thanks button :)

Well, I notice that people don't notice this button.
Apart from ego flattering it's a good way to show reputation and usefulness of reply, so it would be more than good if people use it more often.
So, the fact that it's rarely used means that it's not quite clearly seen and it's function understood, a typical usability issue.
It would be great if its position is changed, or even the color of the background image to provoke more often use.

Well, well, hence it has specific role...imo it could be even brought outside of the button row. I'd put in the center right below the message with "if you find this answer useful say <BUTTON_THANX>". What about this one ?
And speaking of expectations - have you tried ( free every 5 hours for one snapshot ) Feng-GUI - Feng Shui for Graphic User Interfaces ? Really useful for eye-tracking insights. I started using it and rearranging a few sites according to it and conversion booms ( used it for subscription related spots, that were usually scroll "miles" away ) !

wow that's huge

Why cant i see it ? do it have to have a certain number of posts before seeing the thanks button ?

Forget my last post , for some reason its showing up now :tongue:

the point of the thread was the even rarer usage of it at the time - it was not well seen.

Haha sorry , i saw this thread and then thought "holly shit i cant even see it" so thought id ask , but then it was visible . Must be set up for only a certain amount of posts.

might be the case ( the certain posts number ). No need to be sorry as long as you're not spamming the forums

haha no im here to stay for a little while , as you can see i havent put my links in my signature because im here to learn rather than promote my site