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A Grudge I Bear Against My Fellow Xombies

posted May 31, 2008 - 3:05pm
A Grudge I Bear Against My Fellow Xombies

I have noticed that quite a number of Xombies have exceedingly long sigs after their comments. These have the annoying habit of making me and other readers have to scroll more to get down the page... and long-distance scrolling - like long-distance relationships - does not work well for me.< p>

I understand that you also want to promote your posts and referral links, but surely there must be a more considerate way of doing this? A short graphic like:

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or a text link like:

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is more than sufficient and does not stretch the page to exceedingly long dimensions, like

a

long

sig

has

the

tendency

to

do. So please, let's up the standards here at Xomba. Be considerate to the needs of your fellow readers and keep those sigs short. There is nothing more irritating than a one-liner that is followed by a half-screen sig. Besides, we want to read your posts, not your sigs!



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The Closest I Could Get to Email

Something I first thought to add to a 'Pledge of Allegiance'-response, but then decided it was too off-topic: That lovely face: Maybe you could put up a picture of 'you out in public with your husband (who must be the King of the World, with such a wise woman to help support him).' To make it on-topic here, I could say that the chance to see cuteness like yours makes it almost-worth the extra scrolling ... or maybe my over-flattering warning-light is broken! Disagree? Join Here, Be Heard!

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Did What? Let the Angelic Smile-of-Tara Cool My Rage?

As far as programing fixes, I can only think of the one TETRIS subliminally taught GAME BOY-nerds: use code that works with respect to the space available! Disagree? Join Here, Be Heard!

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You're right too, mythman

I figured out what you mean! And yes it is a problem =D It does mess with the appearance of the site, but at least you don't have to scroll forever to see the new posts. I'm sure there must be some programming fix for it. So yes, you are right =D mamamia07 wrote:What you are talking about is this widget, I s'pose and some long promos. *groan* I can't believe you just did that!

Follow my posts: taranitely

smart

Smart byte Tara! I guess there's no prob with these... Click here to read my articles Make Money. Join XOMBA HERE! What you are talking about is this widget, I s'pose and some long promos.+1...

You're right, Tara ... as Always (lol)

The 468s aren't really a problem; they're just the example I was using. If the response-column gets enough replies to be narrower than 468px, the right side pushes the far-right column over so that readers have to scroll right to see the new posts. The 234px button doesn't do that as soon. But I'm not 'arguing' that either way is wrong. I'm just affirming that 'my' way is right. That's how religion should work. Disagree? Join Here, Be Heard!

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I Think I'm Training to Be a Bodhisattva, Adrienne

(Well, actually a Buddha; but Buddhas are Bodhisattvas while they're alive.) I sort of 'let the words flow.' If they flow in poetry-, theology- or philosophy-patterns, then poetry, theology or philosophy (respectively) will fill the page. If that paints me as a poet, a theolet or a philosophet, so be it. Whatever helps you, Adrienne. Disagree? Join Here, Be Heard!

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Referral Buttons

To the people who use them...do they increase your income by much?

mrbronco's Xombyte

Vertical

mythman: Are you saying that they're bad? I've never seen what you're talking about before so I can't say I'm exactly sure about what you're saying. If you have a link I'd be glad to take a look. The 468 px banners work fine for general use though so I don't see why you are complaining about them. Normally they won't take up more space (vertically) than your 234 px one. What I (and others) are really complaining about is when people have very long banners, especially after posting one liners.

Follow my posts: taranitely

That's true

But I went the Feedburner, instead. Just looked purtier to me. :)

 
 

Re: Point well taken

If you mean the widget/blidget thing, you can edit it to make it more horizontal than vertical.

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