[MEM-118] Upvote/downvote comments by tapping arrows

[Amcro]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Only way to upvote/downvote comments is by swiping the comment. Adding option to click up/down arrow would open possibilities to remove swipe for voting and could be used to exit the post by swiping back anywhere on screen

Describe the solution you'd like

Arrows that currently display how many upvotes/downvotes each comment has could be used to vote that comment

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[Amcro]

Oh, sorry for the confusion, i was talking about voting on comments

If those can be interactive we could use comment swipes for something else

[ebits21]

Edit: sorry, deleted my last comment.

I would also like the upvote count (544 in the pic) to be clickable for posts and let you upvote from there.

I think both the arrows on the right and the one on the left were clickable in Apollo and it worked well.

I hold my phone with my left hand. Allows for fast scrolling and upvoting.

[sgriff96]

Going to play around with some other options for voting. Not gonna commit to this exact behavior because I don't necessarily agree with it from a UX perspective, but we're looking into options.

[kobra4711]

Just came here to request this same feature. I've had to help so many new Memmy users figure out that you have to swipe instead of tap, that I thought it was worth mentioning.

FWIW Apollo allowed swipes but also supported tap voting and tap collapsing of comments. And although I'm a layman user, I never had any UX issues with that app when voting and interacting with comments over the years.

[sgriff96]

Yea, fwiw I'm not a UX expert and def not a UX expert for ios design. I do a lot of web frontend work, and do know a decent amount about UX for websites. But I've been trying to pay attention to Apple guidelines, etc. and one thing you want is for any button to be easy enough to click with your thumb, tip of your finger, etc. And these just feel too small to conform to that standard lol

[sgriff96]

Fixed in #473, I've added them to the bottom of comments, with the option to disable this in Settings -> Content

[timespaced]

@sgriff96 while I appreciate the buttons to add to swiping gestures, I think what is needed is the ability to tap on the upvote/downvote count to cast a vote, as shown
- I hear your worry about them being too small, but Apollo had this feature and it wasn’t a problem (I suppose you could add a tiny amount of space between the upvote arrow and count, and the downvote arrow and count to make it easier to tap).

[Amcro]

I agree with @timespaced, it worked for Apollo perfectly for years, there is no reason it shouldn’t work. I really do appreciate adding buttons to upvote it’s a step forward but i think it’s taking more space for no reason and it seems people prefer using count arrows for upvote.

https://lemmy.world/post/1201326

[ebits21]

I also agree. It worked in Apollo very well. Never had any issues as a user. Not hard to click.

It also makes sense that arrows would allow an upvote. Arrows are a very action-oriented UI feature. It could be surprising to the user that there is no action when pushed.