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Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:44:06 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matthew Miller wrote:
> Kelly McKiernan <kelly@anagrafyxx.com> wrote:
> > "Lugnet is a nice site, but the forum software is ugly. How on earth are you
> > supposed to read all this text? It's ugly, there's no attempt to make it
> > interesting or highlight what's important..."
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> Oddly, the things you pick out are exactly the reasons I think Lugnet's
> design is superior. It uses color well to pick out meaningful information,
> and it's got a very clever graphical representation of each thread.
I like the thread thing, but I haven't really missed it at Classic-Castle. I
imagine that more specific topic areas and enforcement keeps threads from
becoming wandering safari hunts sometimes strewn over numerous forums. The
graphic avatars and sig pics makes it easy to find who you are looking for, and
getting at the messages themselves seems to be easier. Perhaps this wouldn't be
so for a huge forum like Lugnet, though.
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> > Not that I actually think that, but remember that not everybody has the
> > same tastes. That's why there are different sites for different
> > audiences. What's appropriate for Lugnet may not be appropriate for a
> > site targeted toward younger audiences, and vice versa. Kids like the
> > visual cues and color.
I'm a kid? Wow, thank you! (hiding the "Just for Men" beard color)
;-)
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> Plently of color, few _meaningful_ visual cues. Well, not even plenty of
> color, really -- mostly, a big blue grid.
In a word: boring.
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> The literal bulletin board covered in notes is a totally apt analogy. I
> strongly believe computer bulletin boards shouldn't be like that.
> Obviously it works for some people, but I don't think it's *completely* a
> matter of different tastes. I think some serious usability research would
> demonstrate all manner of deficiencies. About the only thing I like about
> it is the way each user has an identity-image.
Two-Tonic Knights of the Round Keg unite!
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> I'm mostly just being grumpy -- all sorts of sites I visit routinely use
> this terrible BB thing. And I've actually got a friend who argues about
> how wonderful it is. Clearly, he has something wrong with his brain. :)
Text adventures died, is all that I can say. :-)
-->Bruce<--
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