Comments on: More A1 stuff

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:25:11 +0000

I think the picture and captions should be in the middle. I don’t like them left justified for some reason (like I don’t like left-justified comics, I guess). Maybe the scrolly pic nav could be vertical instead of horizontal?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:30:53 +0000

Didn’t IADL have the nav right above the current picture, with captions right below the picture? That worked pretty good, I thought.

By: spinn

spinn — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:42:29 +0000

Yeah, I forgot to mention that…I’m trying to get away from having it centered, it just uses up too much space. Mmm…I dunno, I keep going back and forth on that.

IADL had nav on the right and pic infor on the left. I think.

By: chromium

chromium — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:14:10 +0000

Out of these I’d vote for number one, just because it looks best. What does “maybe some info about it” mean? I don’t remember reading anything about the pics themselves..

By: zompist

zompist — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:02:32 +0000

Thinking as an editor, I’d put the entry box under the previous captions, even if that requires scrolling. The layout shouldn’t encourage people to submit before reading the existing captions. (Except for Nyder, we just accept anything she writes anyway.)

By: Raven

Raven — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:16:00 +0000

Yeah, but if someone doesn’t already read the existing captions first, placement alone won’t trigger it, imho. On the other hand, if they have to scroll down to find the submission form, we’ll get a ton of “Where’s the submission form?!” emails from people too lazy to scroll down (not to mention it’s just darn unintuitive for even the non-lazy).

I like the middle one, if the pic nav is going to be even close to that proportionately large.

By: Lee!

Lee! — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:49:25 +0000

I haven’t read any of the above comments , but my vote goes to any interface that supports Zompist’s view on the matter.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:51:24 +0000

I don’t want to have to scroll to add a caption. If I’m on a role, no matter how lame, I don’t want to scroll for it. I don’t think quality will magically go up if you hide the entry box…mine won’t anyway. If the new captions are at the top then I don’t have to read down to far to see the new ones anyway. Why make me scroll for the heck of it?

Personally, I’d like navigation and caption entry below the picture and the scrolling entries to the right. I think that would let me make the most out of the limited verticle height on the laptop.

But ok, #1

By: Alanis

Alanis — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:14:58 +0000

I’m liking #2 myself.

(Also, how lame is it that I’m totally proud that some of my typing is a place holder? Super-double-extra lame, that’s how. Still… IN YOUR FACE NYDER!!)

By: noddin0ff

noddin0ff — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:28:59 +0000

Seems I submitted my opinions anonymously, how cowardly. I came back to claim them. Comment #8.

By: Brennsa

Brennsa — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:19:11 +0000

…Wait, Nyder’s female?

And yeah, #1 looks good to me.

By: A. Grouch

A. Grouch — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:18:31 +0000

I like #1 as well.

And I miss the caption contests, oh, please come back soon. The internet nostalgia is killing me.

By: The Anonamouse

The Anonamouse — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:33:27 +0000

*poke*

Hurry it up! Nothing can fill the void that A1 has left.

By: Geoff-not-Jeff

Geoff-not-Jeff — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:03:12 +0000

It’s been 6 weeks. I’ve thought of another option: captions are submitted here:

The message became garbled as it passed back through the bikers: the horrible injury up ahead was not, in fact, due to a frenzy of bik play.

ps: Really? Nyder’s female?

By: zwit

zwit — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:20 +0000

Dammit, I wanna caption contest!

I’ve been saving good pictures too! You should see the one with the falcon…

By: hiutopor

hiutopor — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:43:07 +0000

Very interesting information! Thanks!

Bye