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Post by azblue on Apr 14, 2016 12:38:03 GMT -5
Regarding the prospect bio pages, having a dark gray background is an unfortunate choice. The contrast is very poor when you have black type and a dark background. Twenty-something techies sometimes do not give consideration to the challenges that some older readers have with color selections and font size. Any chance that this can be fixed? Is there anything wrong with having a white background that makes reading the bios easily?
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Post by okin15 on Apr 20, 2016 15:56:52 GMT -5
Mike et all, I would suggest you take this as a compliment that he think's you're 20-something ;-)
But dude, why do you have to be so negative about it, rather than just asking please and thank you? You're not wrong about the grey background being an issue, but geeze, haven't you ever heard of using flattery to get what you want? Or at least a criticism sandwich? Sorry to go off on something silly like this, but it just irked me, not least because I also wouldn't mind seeing that one element of the design updated, perhaps just as the pages themselves are updated each year or so.
Thanks,
Niko
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Post by azblue on Apr 27, 2016 18:22:27 GMT -5
You should consider getting professional help.
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Post by chavopepe2 on Apr 27, 2016 19:00:02 GMT -5
You should consider getting professional help. He's right. |
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Post by dd on Apr 27, 2016 23:46:39 GMT -5
You should consider getting professional help. Will you be paying the bill? :-) |
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Post by azblue on Apr 28, 2016 13:22:42 GMT -5
:-) Maybe not.
I have Fuchs corneal dystrophy (thickening of the corneas) which makes it really difficult to read things when a website has black type against a darker background color. Like the majority of people over 40, I also use reading glasses, but that is not enough to deal with darker backgrounds. Thank goodness for the flashlight apps for smart phones. "Tiny Flashlight" a true blessing in dark restaurants when the menus have tiny type in some fancy font.
Most of the people who build websites are young and it does not occur to them that small type, unusual color choices for type and dark backgrounds could be a problem for people reading websites because they do not have any problem reading the copy and it looks "cool" to them. There is a real science associated with color selections, fonts, backgrounds, etc. I help companies to raise money by doing analyst reports on their companies and critique many aspects of their businesses so that they are prepared for the scrutiny of potential investors. The kind of issue that I pointed out above is typical of what can be found on many websites.
Niko assumes that Mike did all of the code and technical work regarding the look and feel himself. Perhaps he did, but I assumed that he had someone who is in the business of building websites to provide the expertise in building the look, feel and functionality. I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that Mike and his great group focus on what they want to see, how they want the site to work and the content.
On my own website, we are constantly listening to users and trying to make it better. No one has a perfect website.
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Post by jimed14 on Apr 28, 2016 18:38:47 GMT -5
azblue, I feel your pain. But for small fonts on websites, hold the ctrl button down and move the mouse wheel up to increase the font size. That should help a little. If you don't have a mouse, there should be some option on whatever browser you're using to zoom in on a webpage.
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Post by azblue on Apr 29, 2016 11:56:35 GMT -5
I reset most of my pages for 125% and some for 150% and it works pretty well. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Post by okin15 on May 6, 2016 15:00:47 GMT -5
You should consider getting professional help. He's right. Wow, kinda thought it was a harshly worded criticism. I'll add this to the list of things for the shrink next week. |
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Post by chavopepe2 on May 6, 2016 18:12:16 GMT -5
Wow, kinda thought it was a harshly worded criticism. I'll add this to the list of things for the shrink next week. I meant that you're right. Sorry, should have clarified. |
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Post by okin15 on May 9, 2016 8:06:15 GMT -5
Wow, kinda thought it was a harshly worded criticism. I'll add this to the list of things for the shrink next week. I meant that you're right. Sorry, should have clarified. haha, ok. I probably coulda been less of a pill about it. Still gotta go see that voodoo doctor on the reg anyway :-) |
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Post by okin15 on May 9, 2016 14:36:03 GMT -5
I meant that you're right. Sorry, should have clarified. haha, ok. I probably coulda been less of a pill about it. Still gotta go see that voodoo doctor on the reg anyway :-) Hahaha, I'm also just now realizing that AZBlue was referring to the website getting professional help, not my brain (though he'd have been right about that in general, regardless of this specific issue.) It's still a bit unclear to me how many others understood one or the other, but irrelevant I hope at this point, and I at least am getting a bit of a laugh over it. My original general feeling stands. |
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Dec 8, 2016 15:27:50 GMT -5
I think a "thumbs down" for post would be a good idea. Some post are so bad that it only merits a thumbs down. It's so bad that it does not dignify a response but still satisfies one need to let that be know without mucking up the board.
Another idea is for threads to start with the most recent page instead of the first one or is that a simple setting that I missed?
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Dec 8, 2016 15:30:55 GMT -5
Another idea I had that appeared to be well received but never implemented was showing the ETA of each player on their ranking page, perhaps right after the year they were drafted, fodder for thought.
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Post by jimed14 on Dec 8, 2016 15:40:55 GMT -5
I think a "thumbs down" for post would be a good idea. Some post are so bad that it only merits a thumbs down. It's so bad that it does not dignify a response but still satisfies one need to let that be know without mucking up the board. Another idea is for threads to start with the most recent page instead of the first one or is that a simple setting that I missed? I've been on message boards where they add something like that and it's a disaster. People get cliquey and there's a lot of passive aggressiveness. It's enough when someone calls someone else out and gets a bunch of likes on that post along with the mods telling people publicly and privately to knock some stuff out when they're being ridiculous (yes that is me also). |
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Dec 8, 2016 15:51:59 GMT -5
I think a "thumbs down" for post would be a good idea. Some post are so bad that it only merits a thumbs down. It's so bad that it does not dignify a response but still satisfies one need to let that be know without mucking up the board. Another idea is for threads to start with the most recent page instead of the first one or is that a simple setting that I missed? I've been on message boards where they add something like that and it's a disaster. People get cliquey and there's a lot of passive aggressiveness. It's enough when someone calls someone else out and gets a bunch of likes on that post along with the mods telling people publicly and privately to knock some stuff out when they're being ridiculous (yes that is me also). Yes on second thought you probably are right. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Dec 8, 2016 22:07:22 GMT -5
Another idea is for threads to start with the most recent page instead of the first one or is that a simple setting that I missed? Click on the "New" icon next to the name of the thread. It'll take you to the first unread post. |
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