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WP 31S Poll - walter b - 03-11-2014 09:18 PM
Hi everybody,
We have three functions competing for two shifted locations top right of the WP 31S. Those functions are %, Δ%, and x! - the easiest way to decide the race is calling you to the polling stations. So please ... two (2) votes per person. The poll runs for 120h starting NOW.
d:-)
RE: WP 31S Poll - Bit - 03-11-2014 09:29 PM
(03-11-2014 09:18 PM)walter b Wrote: We have three functions competing for two shifted locations top right of the WP 31S. Those functions are %, Δ%, and x! - the easiest way to decide the race is calling you to the polling stations. So please ... two (2) votes per person.
x! and Δ%
Maybe I'm missing some important use case here, but my guess is that most users of scientific calculators have a very good understanding of fractions and percentages and consequently have little need for a shortcut like a % operator. I personally always found it more burdensome to remember the precise behavior of % than to do any calculation without it.
Also x! really shouldn't be hidden in a menu in my opinion.
RE: WP 31S Poll - David Hayden - 03-12-2014 03:32 PM
I voted for % and x!.
Calculating percentages is a so common that I think it deserves a place on the keyboard. Yes it's simple, but it's so common that I think it's worth putting on the keyboard.
It's harder for me to justify x!. Just personal preference I suppose.
Dave
RE: WP 31S Poll - Harald - 03-12-2014 03:57 PM
(03-11-2014 09:18 PM)walter b Wrote: Hi everybody,
We have three functions competing for two shifted locations top right of the WP 31S. Those functions are %, Δ%, and x! - the easiest way to decide the race is calling you to the polling stations. So please ... two (2) votes per person. The poll runs for 120h starting NOW.
d:-)
The only possible reason for using % and Δ% can be saving keystrokes. Δ% probably saves more than %, so I voted for that and x!
RE: WP 31S Poll - Shawn Gibson - 03-13-2014 12:59 PM
(03-11-2014 09:18 PM)walter b Wrote: Hi everybody,
We have three functions competing for two shifted locations top right of the WP 31S. Those functions are %, Δ%, and x! - the easiest way to decide the race is calling you to the polling stations. So please ... two (2) votes per person. The poll runs for 120h starting NOW.
d:-)
X! and Δ%, I can come up with % fairly easily.
RE: WP 31S Poll - walter b - 03-13-2014 01:08 PM
To whom it may concern: Your vote will only be counted when (and if) you vote
Any post you write in this matter will not be counted.d:-)
RE: WP 31S Poll - Harald - 03-14-2014 09:07 AM
(03-13-2014 01:08 PM)walter b Wrote: Any post you write in this matter will not be counted.
d:-)
No, but it might influence others ;-)
RE: WP 31S Poll - walter b - 03-19-2014 04:07 PM
The result is self-explanatory. You'll see a corresponding WP 31S soon - incl. working UNDO
d:-)
RE: WP 31S Poll - Eddie W. Shore - 03-22-2014 01:52 PM
Glad to see x! won.
RE: WP 31S Poll - Marcel Samek - 03-22-2014 02:42 PM
(03-22-2014 01:52 PM)Eddie W. Shore Wrote: Glad to see x! won.
More people voted against x! than for it.
RE: WP 31S Poll - walter b - 03-22-2014 04:03 PM
(03-22-2014 02:42 PM)Marcel Samek Wrote:(03-22-2014 01:52 PM)Eddie W. Shore Wrote: Glad to see x! won.
More people voted against x! than for it.
Logically not true. Everybody had two votes.
d:-)
RE: WP 31S Poll - Marcel Samek - 03-22-2014 06:22 PM
(03-22-2014 04:03 PM)walter b Wrote: Logically not true. Everybody had two votes.
True. I suppose you could have asked "which of these do you wish to leave out" and then we would have had no winners, just an unambiguous loser.
M.