"Styled" user names
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I know it was nice and cool to use it when it turned up, but as a reader I more and more dislike that some users use e.g. boldface to display their names in the postings. Since the font is bold your eyes are drawn towards it, and when most of such posters comments are not interesting, their names (and therefore posts) still stand out and are just annoying. Am I the only one thinking this, or are there more people that think it's drawing away attention? I won't mention any names, but the last "The Lounge" page I looked at had over 1/3 boldface names. Would anyone (except the ones using those fonts) mind if we got back to use ordinary fonts in the subject lines? /Mike
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I know it was nice and cool to use it when it turned up, but as a reader I more and more dislike that some users use e.g. boldface to display their names in the postings. Since the font is bold your eyes are drawn towards it, and when most of such posters comments are not interesting, their names (and therefore posts) still stand out and are just annoying. Am I the only one thinking this, or are there more people that think it's drawing away attention? I won't mention any names, but the last "The Lounge" page I looked at had over 1/3 boldface names. Would anyone (except the ones using those fonts) mind if we got back to use ordinary fonts in the subject lines? /Mike
I know it was nice and cool to use it when it turned up, but as a reader I more and more dislike that some users use e.g. boldface to display their names in the postings. Is it just my eyesight, or did you make this post with your name in bold ? ;P Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.
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I know it was nice and cool to use it when it turned up, but as a reader I more and more dislike that some users use e.g. boldface to display their names in the postings. Is it just my eyesight, or did you make this post with your name in bold ? ;P Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.
Is it just my eyesight, or did you make this post with your name in bold First post in the thread is always bold :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
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Is it just my eyesight, or did you make this post with your name in bold First post in the thread is always bold :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
Damn... Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.
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Damn... Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.
> Damn... Misery, eh? :-) I was worried there for a while "What, me, I haven't made anything to look my name use a bold font!". Perhaps we should talk about "C" and "G" in _your_ initials instead? ;-) /Mike
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I know it was nice and cool to use it when it turned up, but as a reader I more and more dislike that some users use e.g. boldface to display their names in the postings. Since the font is bold your eyes are drawn towards it, and when most of such posters comments are not interesting, their names (and therefore posts) still stand out and are just annoying. Am I the only one thinking this, or are there more people that think it's drawing away attention? I won't mention any names, but the last "The Lounge" page I looked at had over 1/3 boldface names. Would anyone (except the ones using those fonts) mind if we got back to use ordinary fonts in the subject lines? /Mike
How about this? Is this better? ;P Remember that the first post in a thread will always have a bold font face.
:bob: -=:bob:=-
David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com
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> Damn... Misery, eh? :-) I was worried there for a while "What, me, I haven't made anything to look my name use a bold font!". Perhaps we should talk about "C" and "G" in _your_ initials instead? ;-) /Mike
You don't mind the whole thing being italic then ? ;) Actually my original had each letter in a different colour, and an increased font size, but apparently there is a limit to how many characters you can use. Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.
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I know it was nice and cool to use it when it turned up, but as a reader I more and more dislike that some users use e.g. boldface to display their names in the postings. Since the font is bold your eyes are drawn towards it, and when most of such posters comments are not interesting, their names (and therefore posts) still stand out and are just annoying. Am I the only one thinking this, or are there more people that think it's drawing away attention? I won't mention any names, but the last "The Lounge" page I looked at had over 1/3 boldface names. Would anyone (except the ones using those fonts) mind if we got back to use ordinary fonts in the subject lines? /Mike
I was thinking *exactly* the same thing yesterday. I think it's cool that people find tricky ways of pushing the boards to do new and funky things (we are all programmers, after all). The bold/unbold is meant to be a design style though so maybe it would be worth merely pulling all <b> tags (which would then cause Michael to use <string tags, which would then escalate to <style='font-weight:super-duper-really-dark-bold;'> tags) cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
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How about this? Is this better? ;P Remember that the first post in a thread will always have a bold font face.
:bob: -=:bob:=-
David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com
And people hasn't thought about using (font size=+1) tags... I wonder what will happen when someone thinks about it... -- LuisR P.S. Can anybody tellme how to put greater-than and less-than chars in HTML?? I just can't remember!! -------- Luis Alonso Ramos Chihuahua, Mexico www.luisalonsoramos.com
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And people hasn't thought about using (font size=+1) tags... I wonder what will happen when someone thinks about it... -- LuisR P.S. Can anybody tellme how to put greater-than and less-than chars in HTML?? I just can't remember!! -------- Luis Alonso Ramos Chihuahua, Mexico www.luisalonsoramos.com
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and ampesrsand gt semi-colon??? < > -- LuisR -------- Luis Alonso Ramos Chihuahua, Mexico www.luisalonsoramos.com
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And people hasn't thought about using (font size=+1) tags... I wonder what will happen when someone thinks about it... -- LuisR P.S. Can anybody tellme how to put greater-than and less-than chars in HTML?? I just can't remember!! -------- Luis Alonso Ramos Chihuahua, Mexico www.luisalonsoramos.com
I've used it before, on my name and in posts, but only in 'special' circumstances. Big fonts are just obviously anti-social. Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.
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I was thinking *exactly* the same thing yesterday. I think it's cool that people find tricky ways of pushing the boards to do new and funky things (we are all programmers, after all). The bold/unbold is meant to be a design style though so maybe it would be worth merely pulling all <b> tags (which would then cause Michael to use <string tags, which would then escalate to <style='font-weight:super-duper-really-dark-bold;'> tags) cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
I think it's cool that people find tricky ways of pushing the boards to do new and funky things Thinking of anyone in particular? (Hint, do you like Bob?) If you still don't get it then you have no chance. EDIT: Actually, I had better spell it out: "c-l-i-c-k o-n b-o-b".
:bob: -=:bob:=-
David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com
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I think it's cool that people find tricky ways of pushing the boards to do new and funky things Thinking of anyone in particular? (Hint, do you like Bob?) If you still don't get it then you have no chance. EDIT: Actually, I had better spell it out: "c-l-i-c-k o-n b-o-b".
:bob: -=:bob:=-
David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com
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I know it was nice and cool to use it when it turned up, but as a reader I more and more dislike that some users use e.g. boldface to display their names in the postings. Since the font is bold your eyes are drawn towards it, and when most of such posters comments are not interesting, their names (and therefore posts) still stand out and are just annoying. Am I the only one thinking this, or are there more people that think it's drawing away attention? I won't mention any names, but the last "The Lounge" page I looked at had over 1/3 boldface names. Would anyone (except the ones using those fonts) mind if we got back to use ordinary fonts in the subject lines? /Mike
Not at all. :laugh: Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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and ampesrsand gt semi-colon??? < > -- LuisR -------- Luis Alonso Ramos Chihuahua, Mexico www.luisalonsoramos.com
< = < > = > : = : ; = ; Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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I know it was nice and cool to use it when it turned up, but as a reader I more and more dislike that some users use e.g. boldface to display their names in the postings. Since the font is bold your eyes are drawn towards it, and when most of such posters comments are not interesting, their names (and therefore posts) still stand out and are just annoying. Am I the only one thinking this, or are there more people that think it's drawing away attention? I won't mention any names, but the last "The Lounge" page I looked at had over 1/3 boldface names. Would anyone (except the ones using those fonts) mind if we got back to use ordinary fonts in the subject lines? /Mike
The ones that really bug me are the names with <marquee> tags in them. --Mike-- http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/ "Listen you footwarriors, can you hold down a bit with the firing? I've just got three impromptu weddings breaking out behind me!" -- Arthur Dent :love: your :bob: with :vegemite: and :beer:
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I was thinking *exactly* the same thing yesterday. I think it's cool that people find tricky ways of pushing the boards to do new and funky things (we are all programmers, after all). The bold/unbold is meant to be a design style though so maybe it would be worth merely pulling all <b> tags (which would then cause Michael to use <string tags, which would then escalate to <style='font-weight:super-duper-really-dark-bold;'> tags) cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
(which would then cause Michael to use <string tags, which would then escalate to <style='font-weight:super-duper-really-dark-bold;'> tags) Are you talking about me? :-D Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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I think it's cool that people find tricky ways of pushing the boards to do new and funky things Thinking of anyone in particular? (Hint, do you like Bob?) If you still don't get it then you have no chance. EDIT: Actually, I had better spell it out: "c-l-i-c-k o-n b-o-b".
:bob: -=:bob:=-
David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com
LOL! An attempt to update to IE5.5 failed just seconds before your little Bob-message appeared. I really thought it was from MS for a second! :) John
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I know it was nice and cool to use it when it turned up, but as a reader I more and more dislike that some users use e.g. boldface to display their names in the postings. Since the font is bold your eyes are drawn towards it, and when most of such posters comments are not interesting, their names (and therefore posts) still stand out and are just annoying. Am I the only one thinking this, or are there more people that think it's drawing away attention? I won't mention any names, but the last "The Lounge" page I looked at had over 1/3 boldface names. Would anyone (except the ones using those fonts) mind if we got back to use ordinary fonts in the subject lines? /Mike
