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Re: Announcing the Brickwise[tm] Shopping Report
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Thu, 7 Sep 2000 01:14:47 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Steve Chapple writes:
> > Two comments - This supercedes http://xezol.hispeed.com/webdeals.html ???
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> No, that is an independent resource not related to LUGNET.
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> > IMO you should use more distinct colors than various shades of red.
> > Perhaps yellow could indicate >75% off, red could indicate 50% to 75%,
> > and cyan could be 25% to 49%. (Leave black for normal price of course.)
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> Maybe, but the blocks of color aren't really meant as a hard guide -- the
> shades of red just mean "attention" -- any more info than that is trying to
> pack too much into a tiny display. I know what you mean, though, about
> wanting to see more detail. Coming: there'll be hard numbers in a more
> detailed table on the set-DB pages.
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> --Todd
An alternative to colors or shapes would be to use images of box outlines that
are proportionally filled based on the percentages. For items at greater than
100% show a full box with a "+" in it. About 5-6 different images would be
all that is needed, then serve up the appropriate one.
Brian
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| (...) No, that is an independent resource not related to LUGNET. (...) Maybe, but the blocks of color aren't really meant as a hard guide -- the shades of red just mean "attention" -- any more info than that is trying to pack too much into a tiny (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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