WP 31S Poll

[walter b]

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:-)

[Bit]

(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.

[David Hayden]

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

[Harald]

(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!

[Shawn Gibson]

(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.

[walter b]

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:-)

[Harald]

(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 ;-)

[walter b]

The result is self-explanatory. You'll see a corresponding WP 31S soon - incl. working UNDO

d:-)

[Eddie W. Shore]

Glad to see x! won.

[Marcel Samek]

(03-22-2014 01:52 PM)Eddie W. Shore Wrote:  Glad to see x! won.

More people voted against x! than for it.

[walter b]

(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:-)

[Marcel Samek]

(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.