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Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:06:02 GMT
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The ads in the LUGNET Guide pages are ok, they aren’t annoying, it’s a good
thing. In the newsgroup pages, instead, I would suggest you to change the ad
box with a banner in order to limit the scrolling. Even if LUGNET member, I
wouldn’t log in every time just for read the forums (for security reasons I
don’t allow any cookies or temporary internet files). This is just a
suggestion.
Luca
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I take issue with this problem of scrolling too. The layout and usability on
LUGNET newsgroups has been by far the best of all web-based forums. Although
there now arises a need for ad-based support I would ask that the LUGNET admins
try to take care not to degrade that high-level of usability.
I did a quick rearrangement of the ad layout and found that you can move the
large “billboard ad” up into the newgroup listings header and bring down the
thin “tinker tape ad” placing it on the top of the main body. Here is some
screenshots of my test
Original screen shots LUGNET News Robotics
Essentially I just flipped the ad locations. Doing this maintained the old
layout where one can see a sample of current messages without scrolling and
shows the new ads predominantly displayed.
Now I must confess I am not an official LUGNET member. I posted frequently in
lugnet.robotics between 2000 until 2003 but had since moved to different hobbies
and jobs. I considered becoming a member but never got around to it. So I
guess I have no excuses or right to object. But I think this change would allow
for ads and keep the excellent usability I’ve mentioned.
Ed
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Hi Ed, thanks for your suggestions - I will consider them when doing further optimization on the layout. Moving the larger ads into the header area (with the newsgroup listings) makes sense for the respective pages, it will only involve some (...) (17 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Change in LUGNET news appearance
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| (...) The ads in the LUGNET Guide pages are ok, they aren't annoying, it's a good thing. In the newsgroup pages, instead, I would suggest you to change the ad box with a banner in order to limit the scrolling. Even if LUGNET member, I wouldn't log (...) (17 years ago, 14-Dec-07, to lugnet.admin.general)
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