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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
Customizable select, now supported in Chrome and Edge, lets each dropdown option hold richer content such as a font preview, local time, aligned price columns, a job title, or a warning badge, instead of plain text. The article argues that putting the decision-relevant detail inside the option reduces guesswork.
Why it ranked
No. 60 of 155 with a score of 0.61. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.93) and practical relevance (0.83), lowest on significance (0.49).
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- A practical, well-illustrated tutorial on customizable select (base-select) for front-end builders; useful but narrow, with clear examples and progressive-enhancement guidance, not a major news development.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A practical, technically grounded guide to customizable HTML selects, with concrete CSS, accessibility, progressive-enhancement, and mobile trade-offs. It offers new browser capability and actionable UX patterns, though its impact is mainly web product and design focused.
Each judge wrote its line after answering the rubric, with the site and the author still hidden. Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.61total under rubric v2.2
- Significance0.49
- Reader interest0.65
- Audience breadth0.58
- Practical relevance0.83
- Substantiated0.64
- Technical depth0.66
- New information0.93
- Counts against: Promotional0.09
- Counts against: Overclaim0.22
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.61 | 0.30 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 0.32 | +0.24 | +0.117 |
| Reader interest | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.82 | 0.65 | 0.27 | +0.26 | +0.169 |
| Audience breadth | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.13 | +0.13 | +0.076 |
| Practical relevance | 0.94 | 0.70 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.23 | +0.22 | +0.183 |
| Substantiated | 0.70 | 0.45 | 0.78 | 0.64 | 0.33 | +0.05 | +0.032 |
| Technical depth | 0.81 | 0.60 | 0.58 | 0.66 | 0.23 | +0.05 | +0.033 |
| New information | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.06 | +0.05 | +0.047 |
| Promotional | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.11 | −0.19 | −0.018 |
| Overclaim | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.12 | −0.11 | −0.024 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.615 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.615 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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