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A lurkers opinion (formerly: Re: 2 Things...)
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 22 Jun 1999 20:47:52 GMT
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OK, you've forced me out of lurkerdom with the new interface. I realize as
a lurker, my opinions may be less valuable than some, but since you seem to
be open to suggestions...
I like seeing the recent news on the front page, but I would prefer to see 20
messages in compact form. Actually I usually jump straight to the traffic
report page so this isn't a really big deal for me. I like the idea of an
advanced interface that goes straight to the compact form from the traffic
page. This would be great!
4 messages is NEVER enough to catch up after a few hours of work. 20 is
better. Because of this I will never use anything but the compact form.
Displaying another format first just means an extra mouse click on one
of those tiny little blue squares. (Ouch, I'm gonna wear out another mouse
finger at this rate.)
I like the smaller blue text for old parts in a message, but the ever smaller
and dimmer text was impossible to read. I'm glad you changed this.
Please give a larger target than those itty bitty blue squares for reading
the message. Someone mentioned using the title of the message. I like that.
How about the teeny weeny little square AND the title?
The difference between a tiny dark blue square and a tiny light blue square is
too small to tell without squinting. This could be solved by coloring the
title the same as the little square (and making it clickable too), but using
a more dissimilar color (like violet) would help even more. Perhaps someone
colorblind would have more to say on this issue.
For reference, I use netscape on a 19 inch monitor at 1600x1200 with 15 bit
color most of the time. I have to use my left (wrong) hand for the mouse
because the right hand has carpal mouse syndrome. This makes it even
harder for me to target those very very tiny little blue squares.
I'm not old yet, but my hands and eyes are prematurely aged from computer use.
Thanks, Former lurker,
Don Heyse.
Make the spam go away before replying.
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: A lurkers opinion (formerly: Re: 2 Things...)
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| (...) OK, check out the traffic page now. (URL) 4 messages is NEVER enough to catch up after a few hours of work. 20 is (...) The 4-message intro pages aren't really intended to be used as a newsreader. They're there as an invitation to see what a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Things...
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| (...) OK, lots of other people were having the same gripe about it. It's fixed now. (...) You're saying you have an issue of readability with the font size? Can you send a screenshot? (...) What if clicking "Brief" gave you #96-#77, and clicking (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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