Posted by Roy Schestowitz on 04/22/06 18:26

__/ [ Jonathan N. Little ] on Saturday 22 April 2006 13:33 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Neredbojias ] on Saturday 22 April 2006 04:25 \__
>>
>>> To further the education of mankind, "frederick"
>>> <frederick@southernskies.co.uk> vouchsafed:
>>>
>>>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>>>> To further the education of mankind, Roy Schestowitz
>>>>> <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> vouchsafed:
>>>>>> http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/07/02/screenshots-on-lin
>>>>>> ks/
>>>>> I wonder if it's a mortal sin to covet thy neighbour's favicon?
>>
>>
>> People seem to hate it actually. I have received complaints (requests for
>> removal, desire for a plug-ins that disables such motion). Its effect
>> offline (when steering away) can be seen among the bookmarks, which is
>> somewhat of a nuisance to most. I simply got used to it, but others have
>> not because it stands out too strongly.
>>
>
> It is very captivating! Might I suggest slowing down the frame rate a
> bit, it might be the whizzing speed of it that bothers some. A little
> subtler would captivate the eye without being to distracting because in
> the end you want them reading your page not staring at the address bar! ;-)



Judging by recent statistics, only about 40% of the visitors will have
something displayed in the address bar. Firefox ix becoming more of a
'problem' by the day. *grin*


>> < snip />
>
> Your just using an animated GIF, simple yet clever.


Thanks. I wonder why I stopped posting to alt.html... I know you are a
long-time regular. I think the crossposts from alt.2600 are partly to blame
for what drove me away. I am glad to see that the NG returned to being a
friendly groups with substance and regulars (Gosh, just not Luigi), so I
hope to return more often.

With kind regards,

Roy

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