Nice animated tag cloud
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I hate tag clouds. I think they're the biggest waste of screen space and the least intuitive UI element I've seen in the last decade.
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I was just looking at an article (off-site) relating to Test Management software when I noticed the tag cloud on the right. Cool animation. Just mouse over it. http://www.jayphilips.com/2009/09/10/15-open-source-test-management-tools/[^] (I'm sure this is common and I should just "get out more" but...)
"...there's what people want to hear, there's what people want to believe, there's everything else, THEN there's the truth!" - New York D.A., The International
nice, but made me dizzy.
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..because you're a programmer, concerned with usability. Some people care more about visualization than usability. It needs to look good in order to sell, how it works isn't that relevant.
I are Troll :)
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
..because you're a programmer, concerned with usability. Some people care more about visualization than usability.It needs to look good in order to sell, how it works isn't that relevant.
That is absolutely untrue, in that tag clouds are there for web developers to play with, and add nothing at all to the look & feel or usability of a web page. It's just one of the latest "buzz-gimmicks", that everyone has to have on their site (according to idiots who can't think up anything creative or original to add to a page). It's only saving grace (and why it is used so often) is that it can distract the visitor from seeing how badly designed and written a page is. Tag clouds are not functional or usable, and they look a bloody mess.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
..because you're a programmer, concerned with usability. Some people care more about visualization than usability.It needs to look good in order to sell, how it works isn't that relevant.
That is absolutely untrue, in that tag clouds are there for web developers to play with, and add nothing at all to the look & feel or usability of a web page. It's just one of the latest "buzz-gimmicks", that everyone has to have on their site (according to idiots who can't think up anything creative or original to add to a page). It's only saving grace (and why it is used so often) is that it can distract the visitor from seeing how badly designed and written a page is. Tag clouds are not functional or usable, and they look a bloody mess.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Wags wrote:
Cool animation. Just mouse over it.
Looks cool, acts uncool. Try and click the tag "error database", and you'll see what I mean.
I are Troll :)
I couldn't find it. I was able, with some balancing, to click on every tag I could at some stage read. I found it fairly usable, enough for casual but not frequent use.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
..because you're a programmer, concerned with usability. Some people care more about visualization than usability.It needs to look good in order to sell, how it works isn't that relevant.
That is absolutely untrue, in that tag clouds are there for web developers to play with, and add nothing at all to the look & feel or usability of a web page. It's just one of the latest "buzz-gimmicks", that everyone has to have on their site (according to idiots who can't think up anything creative or original to add to a page). It's only saving grace (and why it is used so often) is that it can distract the visitor from seeing how badly designed and written a page is. Tag clouds are not functional or usable, and they look a bloody mess.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Or that tomes of prose are presented in Arial. X|
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Mark Wallace wrote:
That is absolutely untrue
It was a sarcastic remark. A polished car sells better than a car that actually drives. Not my fault btw :)
In my experience, the fact that the car is polished, and works, says at least something about the seller. Polished cars are to be approached with caution, but once initial trust is established, one will often find the rest of the car well maintained.
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Or that tomes of prose are presented in Arial. X|
Arial is actually bearable, given that the alternative for most people is Times New Roman X| I used to be a Verdana/Tahoma person myself, but since Office 2007, it's been Calibri all the way.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
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I was just looking at an article (off-site) relating to Test Management software when I noticed the tag cloud on the right. Cool animation. Just mouse over it. http://www.jayphilips.com/2009/09/10/15-open-source-test-management-tools/[^] (I'm sure this is common and I should just "get out more" but...)
"...there's what people want to hear, there's what people want to believe, there's everything else, THEN there's the truth!" - New York D.A., The International
My eyes are still rolling round like a one arm bandit's reels. X| X| X| X| :suss::suss:
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Arial is actually bearable, given that the alternative for most people is Times New Roman X| I used to be a Verdana/Tahoma person myself, but since Office 2007, it's been Calibri all the way.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Arial is actually bearable, given that the alternative for most people is Times New Roman
Absolutely.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
I used to be a Verdana/Tahoma person myself, but since Office 2007, it's been Calibri all the way.
So you embed fonts in everything, for people who don't use Vista/MSO 2007? That's not very friendly.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Arial is actually bearable, given that the alternative for most people is Times New Roman X| I used to be a Verdana/Tahoma person myself, but since Office 2007, it's been Calibri all the way.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
Georgia is my choice for prose, but I still look around for headings.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Arial is actually bearable, given that the alternative for most people is Times New Roman
Absolutely.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
I used to be a Verdana/Tahoma person myself, but since Office 2007, it's been Calibri all the way.
So you embed fonts in everything, for people who don't use Vista/MSO 2007? That's not very friendly.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
So you embed fonts in everything, for people who don't use Vista/MSO 2007? That's not very friendly.
Strictly controlled office environment, not a problem.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)