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Re: Ratings thrown out; changed to Highlighting (was: Re: the latest news)
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:12:59 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Jezek writes:
I thought the exclamation point was a good idea.  This little circle is
just too darn small to see especially by looking at it from a laptop.

I did a quick font test yesterday and noticed that the exclamation point in
Arial & Verdana displays double-weight when put inside of <B></B>, but that
the degree symbol in same fonts doesn't get any bolder (at those small point
sizes).

The thin exclamation points worked out better when there could be a long
string of them (like 3 or 4 or 5) on Friday, but when there's only 1 or 2,
it doesn't stand out much -- BUT if it's boldfaced, it works.

Anyone else having trouble seeing the little circles?


How about some kind of a small graphic like a red star?

Text characters have the distinct advantage over images here that they can
scale with the personal font-size settings that someone might have -- for
example if someone makes their base font size larger for a really big
screen, or if they have reduced eyesight.

--Todd



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  Re: Ratings thrown out; changed to Highlighting (was: Re: the latest news)
 
(...) FWIW, I don't have a strong objection to the exclamation point. (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Ratings thrown out; changed to Highlighting (was: Re: the latest news)
 
(...) Hello Todd, I thought the exclamation point was a good idea. This little circle is just too darn small to see especially by looking at it from a laptop. How about some kind of a small graphic like a red star? D. (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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