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Posted by dorayme on 08/14/07 22:54
In article <f9tahg$bgd$2@agate.berkeley.edu>,
Animesh K <animesh1978@gmail.com> wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
> > In article <f9t54q$al5$1@aioe.org>,
> > Bernhard Sturm <sturmnixspam@datacomm.ch> wrote:
> >
> >> If you really want the company, that is after the bucks, then check this
> >> tag-cloud (yes, the one company, that also people in the US know about):
> >>
> >> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Tags-Cloud.aspx
> >
> > In this case there are just a few links. Many tidier link lists
> > would be as good. Where there are a real lot, it looks messy and
> > hard to find things. Honestly, what is the argument for them
> > besides that some big companies use them?
> >
>
> Compactness, certainly. The text size tells their popularity. They are
> alphabetically organized and hence easy to find (if you know what you
> are looking for).
Yes, I see. I like that it wraps with browser size but I think it
gets harder to use on bigger text sizes aside from being uglier
then. Anyway, an interesting way of ordering things.
Perhaps we should object that here essentially is a list or table
(alpha in one col and popularity index in another col) being
formatted for visual users only.
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dorayme
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