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Cristi Antohe
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2 months ago
in Hey, lose the pedantic negativity on Think Vitamin
No having any hover state over their link is intriguing... It's not good or bad, just different! Also there will always be guys who think they know better. As Daniel H said... it doesn't matter!
I think they decided to do so because there are just so many links on that home page that when moving your mouse every thing will just pop and that can be tiresome. Since this is just a hunch I would really like to know their reason behind it!
I think they decided to do so because there are just so many links on that home page that when moving your mouse every thing will just pop and that can be tiresome. Since this is just a hunch I would really like to know their reason behind it!
2 replies
ryancarson
Exactly - it's just his *opinion* and yet it's being stated like it's UX gospel to have a hover state.
6 months ago
in How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock on OMNINOGGIN
True... that would be a honest request towards the user. Most understand that you need ads on the site to keep up the good work.
I personally don't like forcing the user to take more actions then needed to access the content unless I have a really good reason for it.
I personally don't like forcing the user to take more actions then needed to access the content unless I have a really good reason for it.
1 reply
Thaya Kareeson
I will probably move towards that model. Thanks for the honest opinions!
6 months ago
in How to Discourage Visitors from Using AdBlock on OMNINOGGIN
The people that block ads won't click on any so I find this pointless. You'll just annoy them.
1 reply
Thaya Kareeson
@Christi,
Thank you for your input. What do you think about something like AdBlock detection one time request for the reader to turn off AdBlock? (see AdBlock Detection)
Thank you for your input. What do you think about something like AdBlock detection one time request for the reader to turn off AdBlock? (see AdBlock Detection)
8 months ago
in What features of blogging are dead? on Fun with WordPress
I'm not really reaching my clients through my blog ( most of them are from referrals ). What I meant by PR is learning to be a better communicator :) , and not as an advertising tool (not sure how to express this better... I've finished a technical school :-) )
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Andrew Rickmann
I'm all for being a better communicator. I think blogging has helped me with that a lot as well. I hope you find blogging does as much for you.
8 months ago
in What features of blogging are dead? on Fun with WordPress
Yeah... Calendars are dead :) . I don't really find a use for them.
Linking on the other hand I still use it... and the links are from people I know, some of them are even good friends of mine, but aren't actually things that I'm interested in (I'm interested in what I chose to write on the blog) .
In a way Revers Chronological Layouts are just a way to make people stay longer on the site, and might even filter out just the best posts... although that would clearly push to the bottom of the sac more complex technical posts.
In the end blogging for me (I blog for the incredibly long time of 3 months) is about learning to express my ideas in digital format and better communicate them. It's all about PR actually :)
Linking on the other hand I still use it... and the links are from people I know, some of them are even good friends of mine, but aren't actually things that I'm interested in (I'm interested in what I chose to write on the blog) .
In a way Revers Chronological Layouts are just a way to make people stay longer on the site, and might even filter out just the best posts... although that would clearly push to the bottom of the sac more complex technical posts.
In the end blogging for me (I blog for the incredibly long time of 3 months) is about learning to express my ideas in digital format and better communicate them. It's all about PR actually :)
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Andrew Rickmann
Cristi, blogging has always been about expression for me as well. I honestly don't know what I would do with my ideas if I couldn't blog about them. I'm not sure I like the idea of blogging being about PR but I guess I see what you mean.
I don't know any visual browser out there that doesn't change the cursor to a big, fat, pointy finger so it could be argued that this is enough visual cue and doesn't require us to add our own flourish.
Like Ryan said, it's different, it's non-conventional but not really "wrong". Not sure I would have decided not to use a hover state but there you go. Someone at 37 Signals clearly did and it's for them to reason why.