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Pastimes : SI Beta Site Launch - 7/01/99
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To: BryanB who wrote (1443)8/8/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: greenspirit  Read Replies (3) of 2340
 
Bryan, when you are viewing messages in the text box format and a persons name is long, the "who wrote" number goes under the name, instead of beside it. This did not happen in classic SI. I believe the box stretched to fit the names, or was bigger in almost every case so that it rarely if ever happened.

My recommendation is to left justify the box so that the left portion (where the number is) is always aligned the same, and allow the right side of the box to adjust to a members name length. If the right portion moves slightly it shouldn't matter since no one clicks the mouse in that area.

I hope you can understand this, it's irritating to have to move the mouse in order to click back and see what a member is responding to.

Here are two examples to make it clearer...
techstocks.com

Notice how the "who wrote" number is under the members name.

Now...http://www.techstocks.com/stocktalk/readmsg.aspx?msgid=10868565

This is the prefered format, and what we are used to.

You could save a lot of time and get a better understanding of your customer needs if you developed a "focus group" of active SI posters in the Seattle area, and had your development team watch them interact cognitively with the new SI.

Michael

p.s. I live an hour away and would be glad to help, provided an SI tee-shirt or lunch with Bradd, Jeff or Jill were thrown in. :-)
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