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What's with the hard sell?
Why do I have to see a HUMONGOUS advertisement for this lame article on the homepage? Isn't it clear from the comments that this article is not worthy of our efforts? Believe me, we've tried to read it, but the layout makes it too difficult and it's BORING - we've heard this all before, somewhere else, and better - even the rickrolling - you must ...
Posted to The Browser by szkott on June 18, 2008
Why don't you just text it to me.
This article is not dense enough. All that white space just makes me scroll more if I were going to read it. On the other hand, its appearance makes me think there is not enough info to bother. I am not an average reader, though, online or in print. I still get a newspaper everyday. I like books as well. They are compact, durable , don't ...
Posted to The Browser by russellk on June 17, 2008
Jakob Nielsen
I've known about Nielsen for years, being a budding copywriter, and I know by now that he's one to take with a grain of salt. I recommend reading him, but like many web-based marketers and copywriters, he's not a big picture guy. His only focus is readability, and when you take it to the extreme like he does (just check out his site: ...
Posted to The Browser by siboney on June 13, 2008