Move the "Report this comment as abusive" button

Hi Gath.  Would it be possible to move this button to another spot?  I regularly click on that instead of the "More" button.  I think my eyes are shot (which is why I got reading glasses - now if I could just remember to bring them up to the computer!), and I'm perhaps also careless when clicking through.  Maybe I'm the only one how does it, but I get worried I'm going to end up reporting someone when I don't intend to.  Anyway, just a thought.  Thanks Gath!
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   andré  From england    Supporting Member
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Wow Mon, what shall we report on this page now you have already said it! I do the same thing actually and wonder why I am looking at the report page. I've lost my glasses that is my problem...
29/Aug/07 10:27 PM
   Gath  From Sudoku.com.au    Supporting Member
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Hi Mon & Andre,

Where would you put the 'Report as abusive' link?


Gath
30/Aug/07 3:03 PM
   Mon  From Melbourne    Supporting Member
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Maybe an extra line on the bottom, below the time/date, or under the "send to a friend" button". Would that work? Thanks for considering it Gath.
30/Aug/07 7:21 PM
   vdV  From Melbourne
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I've done the same but in a different way. When I am reading I tend to move the mouse pointer to the edge of the text, out of the way, then I scroll with the wheel, at times I accidentally press the wheel right on the 've' of 'abusive'. So moving it further to the left would help me too.
01/Sep/07 8:41 PM
   andré  From england    Supporting Member
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Not sure where you would put it as it lines up neatly on the page unless you put it on the left hand side.
02/Sep/07 3:27 AM
   Gail  From Cockatoo Vic AU
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That's a brill idea André. Swap the 'abusive' note with the date stamp.
03/Sep/07 4:17 PM
   Angie  From Melb    Supporting Member
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Perhaps have the "abusive" link in another colour?
03/Sep/07 10:07 PM
   Julie  From IL, USA
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Perhaps switching sides AND another colour would be helpful for those of us who have accidentally reported a comment as abusive (including one of my own comments).
13/Sep/07 12:01 PM
   BJC  From Ohio
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My suggestion is to move it right under the poster's name. With the link being posted on the right, people are clicking on it while they scroll down the page. If the link was moved to the left side, it might be clicked on when people would mean to click on the More link. The links color changes from blue to black when the cursor is placed over it, maybe this link could change to red.
15/Sep/07 10:25 AM
   Gath  From Sudoku.com.au    Supporting Member
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Hi Everyone,

OK - how about this.

When you click on the 'report as abusive' a popup box appears which asks 'Do you want to report this? (Yes/No)'. You can then click 'No' if it is a mistake & keep going.

How does that sound?


Gath
18/Sep/07 11:32 AM
   andré  From england    Supporting Member
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That would work Gath for me anyways. I usually just press the back button to get away from the abusive report feature.
19/Sep/07 11:30 PM
   Mon  From Melbourne    Supporting Member
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Thanks Gath. Sounds fine.
20/Sep/07 1:36 PM
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So, bro! When ya gonna do it?
28/Dec/07 7:55 PM
   sabina  From brisbane
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Yes Good idea Gath. i've clicked it by mistake too!
23/Jan/08 4:43 PM
   Danstell  From Australia
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Switching with ''send this to a friend'' sounds very good... plus the y/n question equal double protection as for both command you have to decide on the next step before it get send. Report by mistake never happend to me yet but I can tell you that it's the most read sentence of the site...just because it's in the right spot! Thanks Gath for this user friendly site...
05/Jun/08 11:06 PM
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