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Manga Shoggoth

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Anime Jason 
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Subj: That's why I use sarcasm as a teaching tool at work.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 07:44:14 am EST (Viewed 375 times)
Reply Subj: Nobody really hates to complain.
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 02:22:11 pm EST (Viewed 379 times)


> Actually, if anyone cares to comment, would you rather have text inside the buttons or a switch to color-coded buttons that remain consistent throughout? For instance New Post would always be blue, Edit would always be green, etc. The symbol would remain but colors are actually easier to see than text.

The practical ins and outs of developing a user interface are, well, legion.

You have to be really careful when dealing with colours (if only for the problem of colour-blindness).

Icons can be a pain in the arse for a number of reasons (size, readability, interpretation). Nearly every professional site that I have dealt with uses text (or text buttons).

If you have time (or want a laugh - some of the bad designs are hilarious), you might want to visit Web Pages that Suck.

> It's actually the "Title" tag which should show up faster than "Alt".  Supposedly anyway.

"Supposedly Faster" - coming to a computer near you. (I'm doing one of my twice-weekly 2.5 day database loads at the moment...)




As is always the case with my writing, please feel free to comment. I welcome both positive and negative criticism of my work, although I cannot promise to enjoy the negative.