What Is It?

The SlickRater control is an ASP.NET server control that allows users to easily submit ratings, like at Netflix.com.

Why Use It?

Increases Rater Turnout - As opposed to regular rating controls, SlickRater allows the user to rate an item with a single click and no page reload. This significantly increases their chance of rating it.

When a higher percentage of users rates an item, measures such as average rating become more meaningful. Typically only users with strong negative or positive reactions bother to spend the time to rate, making the results non-representitive. With SlickRater you can know what people really think.

Compact - The SlickRater performs 3 functions in a small footprint. It:

  1. Accepts ratings
  2. Displays past user ratings
  3. Displays average ratings

No Brainer Upgrade - Unlike most design decisions, if you are replacing a regular radio-button rating control there are few if any tradeoffs involved in upgrading to the SlickRater.

But Is It Much Work To Implement?

Nope. Although coding is supported, no coding is required. Download, install, add the control to your Visual Studio toolbox, drag it onto your page, set a property, and you are good to go.

Features

  • Fully customizable.
  • Full Microsoft Visual Studio design-time support.
  • Utilizes .NET Framework 2.0. (1.1 version available)

Browser Compatibility

For most public websites the percentage of users utilizing a compatible browser will be close to 98%.

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