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Pastimes : SI Beta Site Launch - 7/01/99 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 8:01:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 2340

i like the "news" page color combo. :) mark

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 8:22:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2340

This is the best color (PROFILE - grey / blue), but is there any way to get rid of those brown/orange bands that outline the upper links? Or make those bands the same color as the contrast color. beta.siliconinvestor.com EDIT Also the upper header should not be so HIGH, it takes up alot of space.

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 2340

I vote for news.

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 8:48:00 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 2340

Profile is really smart looking, and easy on the nervous system. News is agreeable. Quotes and historical prices are even more ghastly variations on the "duty" theme. Thanks for your willingness to consider a change. Karen.

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 8:54:00 PM
From: Annette	Respond to of 2340

I like the color under the NEWS heading... Thanks!

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 9:02:00 PM
From: jbIII	Respond to of 2340

Bryan, I prefer the color for Charts most and News second. jbAyeAyeAye

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 9:05:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2340

I notice that the messages have lost most of their white space (when viewed on a 640 wide window). I see this as a huge mistake. The wide border was the single best feature of the original beta design. By dropping it, you lose the advantage of the negative space within which the message stands out. I hope you'll go back to the wider left and right border. This narrow border would make the dreaded box even messier on the message page. The new spacing is unbalanced. In the original the left/right space was roughly equal to the white space between the message text and the message number text box and also to the space between the bottom of the message and the "Next" links (which would still look better on the right side).

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 9:14:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 2340

Oh sorry, I want to change my vote to PROFILE. Mistake. Profile #1, News #2... thanks Cheeky is right on this one... grey is in, just look at the latest Nordstom catalog

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 9:19:00 PM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 2340

Hi, Bryan, and Happy Birthday! I agree with Cheeky - the colors under "Company Profile." Easiest on the eyes. Failing that, the one for News. Thanks

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 9:25:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 2340

1. CHARTS 2. NEWS Michael

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 9:28:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2340

Bryan, you should have posted links to the different colors , it would have made it easier for people to see. Some are missing some of the color schemes.

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 10:05:00 PM
From: AugustWest	Respond to of 2340

Hi Bryan, Happy Birth day. I guess I don't care which of the five color schemes you guys pick, I don't care much for any of them, well, I vote for the brighter colors! How long until you phase out the "Classic SI" ? Will we have a choice of keeping the old one or is it do or die with the new one? I hope in the new version we can clear all new messages in our subject BMs on the top. And I REALLY PRAY that the we don't have to wait for the full page to load to see subjects with new messages. I just went into beta land for the first time in close to a week. Abandoned it as soon as I pulled up my BMs and it took about 30 seconds to load the page....This is too long during the day. Of course, this is just my opinion, you have to satisfy the masses. No easy task. Good luck!

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 10:15:00 PM
From: Sarkie	Respond to of 2340

My vote is NEWS I prefer to call it "suede" Quotes - Way tooo bright Charts - Seattle Seahawks Profile - Too dark Historical - Yuck ~Sarkie

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 10:31:00 PM
From: V.	Respond to of 2340

Hi BB, 1) Profile (Tri-color contrast looks great but I'd like to see what colors are used when messages are read vs. unread - would suggest tan & blue as in the 'news' format for this purpose.) 2) News (A very close 2nd place.) 3) Chart (Nice, relaxing to view - but no contrast at all and sorta dull... Why is that green line in there at the bottom? UGH! :) 57/58) Quote/Historical Prices (A tie... TACKY CITY! Please don't punish us like this!! I suggest referring this color scheme to mutual friends and I've written a short letter for your convenience below. ;) ------------------------ Dear Yahoo/RB/MF, Boy, do we have a TIP for you!!! Our extensive research here at Silicon Investor shows that 99 out of 100 users prefer this color scheme on their financial site of choice: beta.siliconinvestor.com Always glad to help the underdog, I remain, Sincerely Yours, BB ------------------------ Thanks! V.

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 11:05:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 2340

Heh Man, your web guys are starting to impress me. A project like this is great experience for them. I like the new customized options!! The border is GREAT, makes your eye go right to the message. And the Gray / Blue color scheme looks great, as long as the orange/brown lines are changed to gray. RE: beta.siliconinvestor.com

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 11:43:00 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik	Respond to of 2340

1. News 2. Profile 3. Charts 4-5 (Can't tell the difference), Quotes and Historical.

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/14/1999 11:59:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2340

I like the color scheme of Profile, but still don't like the reversed type in the bars. The color scheme of News is okay, and it has black text in bar. Hooray! I'll offer the same observation that I've made to my, um, modestly endowed Mrs: Maybe we can push 'em together and make one good one. <g>

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/15/1999 12:59:00 AM
From: Caroline	Respond to of 2340

Is the spacing change "the change"? Sometimes there's a right margin of white space, sometimes not? I read too much during the day to subject my eyes to the new site. I'm seriously going to miss SI. I really am. Happy bd, Caroline

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/15/1999 1:43:00 AM
From: Kitskid	Respond to of 2340

1st choice---charts 2nd choice--company profile

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/15/1999 4:37:00 AM
From: John Biddle	Respond to of 2340

1. Profile 2. News 3. Charts 4. Historical Prices 5. Quotes

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/15/1999 6:45:00 AM
From: kaydee	Respond to of 2340

Hello Bryan, I am glad to see the messages in box format, as it will reduce the workload on eyes,,, But please give us box option when we view the next 10 messages and also align the box to the left margin... Also there are many threads on SI which will have 100-400 messages on a daily basis... I would like to have the option to view the next 20/50/100 messages based on my choice... I really really like the Browse Master which I am using these days... I like the current SI color scheme, over the 5 combinations you have provided else I prefer Profile followed by News... In spite of all these changes, I still like the current SI site with BrowseMaster... The SubjectMarks page reminds me YAHOO message board page rather than the unique and friendly classic SI SubjectMarks page... I am impressed by the "Customize" option you have provided. It is really great! I have no complaints with the SI Datek banner, if the area/size does not increase... Just my 2 cents... Thanks, DB

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/15/1999 11:14:00 AM
From: RTev	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2340

I've been test-driving the right-justified navigation links. Although it takes a while to get used to the change (even for me who had a sample), I do like it. I found myself keeping the mouse in one place and not having to move it out of the way as I mouse-wheel scroll through a long message. I think it also looks better. Having lost the white space, the message space yesterday was starting to look very cluttered. By pulling both the navigation links and the date to the right, it's cleaned up quite a bit (although I still think a wider border would be look far better). One tweak. What do you think of the suggestion made by someone else (David?) and moving the navigation links a bit away from the right by about a quarter-inch or so?

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/15/1999 12:55:00 PM
From: Mama Bear	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 2340

I would like to suggest that you allow folks to block individuals if they do not wish to receive PM's from a particular individual. Currently the system is all or none. I'd rather let most folks be able to PM me, and block out the one or two pests. Barb

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/15/1999 1:09:00 PM
From: Sarkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2340

I just scrolled through 10 posts on this thread. Did we lose the line between messages? Without it the messages run together. Can you please make it come back. ~Sarkie

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/15/1999 1:44:00 PM
From: Sarkie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2340

Bryan, I am not seeing this problem addressed by anyone but me and it is one I have brought up before. I see banners and "Join Silicon Investor" everytime I click a link to another thread from the beta site. Am I the only one that this happens to? if so, why? if not, why isn't everyone up in arms? -- it's a bigger situation than the Datek link. ~Sarkie

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/15/1999 4:29:00 PM
From: Green Receipt	Respond to of 2340

I prefer the charts page. However, it wouldn't be that much work to make the colors a parameterized thing and just generate it on the fly. That said, you could just put the color scheme choice on the options screen and build them on the fly. David

To: BryanB who wrote (460)	7/16/1999 2:12:00 AM
From: Paul K	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2340

oooo, be still my twitchy mouse finger... The Code Gnomes have been making changes. Narrower margins - I LIKE (but I don't like the fixed width text area - I prefer auto wordwrap like first beta) (the text can still be lost off the right edge) "Previous/Next" buttons moved to the right side- I LIKE "Respond to Post ###" on ea msg in the 'Next 10' screen - I LIKE (need to add to the 'next 40' list too) Red Inbox notification - I LIKE Still waiting for the "More Info" bunch-o-links to be folded under the stock data at the bottom (as one thin line as someone (RTev?)showed before)... they are still pushed too far off the edge of the screen. (my SIwindow width is at about 65- 75% of monitor width) The Search box at the bottom now defaults to StockTalk setting... and it does not seem to do anything anymore. Anyway, I know you were reworking that feature anyway.