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This is actually unneccessary
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This paragraph in the homepage
"News & Updates" can actually be placed into 2 rows using the default format (copy this to a textbox and resize it to the same width as the "News
& Updates"). There's no need to separate it into 2 frames and cycle each for a few seconds. If I were someone who want to register then I'll have
to use 15 seconds just to wait for the whole cycle to complete. 7.5s is also not enough for reading the 1st frame. It's better to just put this into a
single 2-line paragraph and disable the alternating frames for good.
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That's why there's a pause button.
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I can see where Polverone wrote this but cannot see any settings to make it blink.
I agree it is old-school and ugly, but it does draw attention to a message that might otherwise be missed. And it does not affect most members who
access the site via a bookmark to today's posts.
I think it is ok.
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I had no trouble knowing the intent of the message.
I could care less about how the site looks as long as I can read the posts.
Maybe that is just me but quality posts (or the hope for them) are what keeps me coming back.
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fusso
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@MHS can you see the point of this?
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If he had put this into 2 lines then the pause button didn't even need to exist.
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But then again, it wouldn't blink and would not cause likewise attention as it does now.
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I get what you're saying, but maybe he did it this way on purpose. Like j_sum said, the blinking does draw attention to it so prospective members will
be sure to see it.
It probably wasn't any extra effort to make it this way vs static text. Maybe static text bolded and colored red or something would achieve the same
effect. I'm not sure what the software allows. Either way it doesn't matter; this isn't really worth complaining about.
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fusso
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But I have a better way to draw attention while don't require certain parts of the text to be absent from the screen at any moment:
change the text colour between red and black/blue every few secs.
[Edited on 190930 by fusso]
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"change the text colour between red and black/blue every few secs."
Good heavens, no, I would detest that more than the current choice.
In any event, that particular message is certainly designed to seize attention, and it seems to be doing it successfully. An important message being
made unobtrusive is certainly a bad affordance (especially on a site like this with neutral colors), but too much pizzazz is annoying as well.
sparky (~_~)
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| Quote: Originally posted by sparkgap | "change the text colour between red and black/blue every few secs."
Good heavens, no, I would detest that more than the current choice.
In any event, that particular message is certainly designed to seize attention, and it seems to be doing it successfully. An important message being
made unobtrusive is certainly a bad affordance (especially on a site like this with neutral colors), but too much pizzazz is annoying as well.
sparky (~_~) |
Then simple red text would still be good.
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