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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 08:19 PM
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A teensy tiny complaint about the new format with ads....
I don't mind the ads, I ignore them. Never once have I ever clicked on an ad on any website I've ever visited. The presence of the ads is not the problem.

However, the formatting of the Latest Page is driving me completely insane!!! (yes, I said !!!. That should give you some idea, as I'm not one to use !!! gratuitously.)

The first and second columns are squeezed by the third and I find myself unconsciously leaning to the left. Okay, I do that consciously in politics, but, in this particular instance, I keep doing it physically. It's a response to the badly balanced page. Yes, I know you think I'm pulling your collective legs, but trust me, some of you are doing it too. And for the same reason you get seasick; your eyes are trying to adjust to a "landscape" that is off-kilter.

So, no issue with the ads, but could you at least put it back to 3 evenly spaced columns? Please!!!???



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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 08:21 PM
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1. Okay, I admit it.... I clicked on the "Coffee Exposed" ad
Curiosity grabbed this cat.
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 08:50 PM
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2. I did, too.
But, it didn't expose anything. Just an ad for a coffee seller. How can someone who sells flavored coffee even think about complaining about stale coffeee?
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 09:03 PM
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3. It was never three evenly spaced columns.
At least not that I remember?
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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 06:02 AM
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5. Probably not, but if there was a larger column, it was on the left....
or in the middle.

Take a breeze through some of your fave web sites. Small first column, large 2nd (possibly small third). Or Large 1st, small second. But none with a small first and second with a large 3rd. None. Find one and show it to me and I'll gladly conceed the point. (well, okay, I'll conceed the point if it's an obviously professional job. If it's homemade all bets are off)

HuffPo is more newspaper format. Major Headlines: 2 even columns, then a traditional 3 column (all the same size) format below that.
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Jazzgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 09:13 PM
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4. Get an ad blocker??
I don't see any ads. AdMuncher is great. :-)
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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 07:13 AM
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6. I use firefox and put their adblocker on....I'm very happy
There are now 3 columns with a smaller 1st column and 2 others, evenly sized.

*sigh* much better....
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