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Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 3:30 pm
I noticed we now have some social media buttons at the top of the page (Facebook, Twitter).
Would it be possible to have an option where we don't see these? Or to move them to the bottom of the page?
I just... I dunno... it just looks shit. It's screwing with my OCD and now the main index page doesn't look symmetrical. It's already getting on my tits and it's only been on there for a day or two.
But maybe I'm the only guy who's bothered by it...
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RE: Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 3:38 pm
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RE: Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 3:42 pm
Look at them, Napoleon.
LOOK AT THEM.
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RE: Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 4:06 pm
The Frenchman is right. It is not aesthetically pleasing. It seems a strange thing to bother with a logo contest if one is going to cover it with things that will detract from the look of it anyway. But, not having OCD, it isn't something I would have bothered starting a thread to complain about it, and I don't give it a lot of thought. Of course, I also have not designed a logo either, so it isn't exactly a high priority for me in a variety of ways.
But since someone else has started a thread, I agree, it is unattractive. But I am sure that they were put there to have them prominently displayed, rather than to serve an aesthetic purpose. Since I personally do not use such "social media," for me it is irrelevant crap that clutters the look of the page. Fortunately, I scroll down and it scrolls off the screen, so that I am not looking at it all of the time.
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RE: Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 5:07 pm
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(May 12, 2015 at 4:06 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: The Frenchman is right. It is not aesthetically pleasing. It seems a strange thing to bother with a logo contest if one is going to cover it with things that will detract from the look of it anyway. But, not having OCD, it isn't something I would have bothered starting a thread to complain about it, and I don't give it a lot of thought. Of course, I also have not designed a logo either, so it isn't exactly a high priority for me in a variety of ways.
But since someone else has started a thread, I agree, it is unattractive. But I am sure that they were put there to have them prominently displayed, rather than to serve an aesthetic purpose. Since I personally do not use such "social media," for me it is irrelevant crap that clutters the look of the page. Fortunately, I scroll down and it scrolls off the screen, so that I am not looking at it all of the time.
It's not like a massive annoyance for me or anything, I just think it draws more attention than it should whenever I'm on the index page. Like you say, you scroll down and you don't see it. 90% of the time I'm scrolled down further into the page to read threads and such, but for those few seconds when a page loads and I see the AF logo in all its glory, it just looks ruined by those tacky facebook and twitter buttons IMHO.
(May 12, 2015 at 3:42 pm)Iroscato Wrote: Look at them, Napoleon.
LOOK AT THEM.
Fucking hard to miss them.
On the plus side I've just realised there's buttons at the bottom of the page that allow you to put in a poll after you've posted the thread, I swear we didn't have that before.
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RE: Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 5:15 pm
(May 12, 2015 at 3:30 pm)Napoléon Wrote: I noticed we now have some social media buttons at the top of the page (Facebook, Twitter).
Would it be possible to have an option where we don't see these? Or to move them to the bottom of the page?
I just... I dunno... it just looks shit. It's screwing with my OCD and now the main index page doesn't look symmetrical. It's already getting on my tits and it's only been on there for a day or two.
But maybe I'm the only guy who's bothered by it...
I agree. I like the option to hide them. Then we could see and use them if we did want to.
BTW, I'm sorry, but I read all of your posts in Steve Carell's voice in my head, which makes everything you post inadvertently funny. I can't help it....
Do people read my posts in NPH's voice? lol
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RE: Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 5:16 pm
(May 12, 2015 at 5:15 pm)Aroura Wrote: BTW, I'm sorry, but I read all of your posts in Steve Carell's voice in my head, which makes everything you post inadvertently funny. I can't help it....
Do people read my posts in NPH's voice? lol
Well pretty much all of my posts are fucking hilarious anyway so s'all gurd. 
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RE: Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 5:52 pm
(May 12, 2015 at 5:15 pm)Aroura Wrote: ...
BTW, I'm sorry, but I read all of your posts in Steve Carell's voice in my head, which makes everything you post inadvertently funny. I can't help it....
Do people read my posts in NPH's voice? lol
Of course! Why wouldn't we imagine your posts in your voice?
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RE: Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 5:53 pm
They don't bother me! I've put some black electrical tape over them.
What's the big deal....?
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RE: Social media buttons
May 12, 2015 at 6:02 pm
(May 12, 2015 at 5:15 pm)Aroura Wrote: (May 12, 2015 at 3:30 pm)Napoléon Wrote: I noticed we now have some social media buttons at the top of the page (Facebook, Twitter).
Would it be possible to have an option where we don't see these? Or to move them to the bottom of the page?
I just... I dunno... it just looks shit. It's screwing with my OCD and now the main index page doesn't look symmetrical. It's already getting on my tits and it's only been on there for a day or two.
But maybe I'm the only guy who's bothered by it...
I agree. I like the option to hide them. Then we could see and use them if we did want to.
BTW, I'm sorry, but I read all of your posts in Steve Carell's voice in my head, which makes everything you post inadvertently funny. I can't help it....
Do people read my posts in NPH's voice? lol
THAT was really bugging the hell out of me. I did not realize that was NPH until you just said so.
I read your posts in the voice of Shelly Long as Diane Chambers, FTR.
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