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In response to "Oh c'mon with the 'news boxes'! " by Will Hunting

my problem is it's going to force people to purposely hide them, thereby making the box (which i thought was great) pointless.

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Apr 14 '10, 08:41

what happened to one sentence and a link?

(i generally never comment on the structure of ST because i'm very grateful to Bery for doing it, but this is now counter-productive.)

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It detects if there's been a change and then auto-expands. Normally there won't be four at a time. - Beryllium Apr 14, 08:58 9
- I don't think the book club really is worth it, only Meg, Kim and I have actually said anything about the books. (nm) - musubi Apr 14, 09:01 6
  - I'm just finishing up the Ferguson book and I'll post something as soon as I'm done. -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 09:11
  - I am reading them - slowly - but where do I comment on them? - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:08 1
    - In the ST Book Club - I think ty has to approve you as a member -- (link) - Roger More Apr 14, 09:12
  - Yeah, I have to write my comments as well. -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 09:05
  - I'm not sure if ty ever approved my joining the group. I wanted to talk about TGWTDT book. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 09:05
  - I enjoy reading the book. Just a little sidebox with the book and a link to Amazon and goodreads would be fine -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:04
- Could we maybe just not blurb them? That's a lot of words for an announcement -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 08:59 1
  - I've got about 1/2 a screen worth of whitespace on ST on the right side of my widescreen monitor. Use that :) -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:00
Yeah, this is the prob. A small one line blurb and link should do fine. - musubi Apr 14, 08:45 7
- It's not on every page if you click on "Hide" once you've read it. Then, if bery updates it, it opens up, then you click on "Hide" again. - JaxSean Apr 14, 08:47 6
  - I feel like it's a Rube Goldberg Machine for announcements. Creating a complex fix for something that didn't need it. (nm) - musubi Apr 14, 08:52 5
    - It's complex? Really? It's one *click*. Plus, if you don't want it to ever pop open again, you can change it in your "Change Info" settings. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 08:54 4
      - Infintely more complex than doing aboslutely nothing, yes. Things are relative. - musubi Apr 14, 08:57
      - I'll just say this; I hid it and thus won't see any reminders of the good stuff pimped. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 08:55 2
        
        Yes you will, if you just click " - JaxSean Apr 14, 09:04 1
        
        click "{{ Hide" -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 09:05
If the news changes, it opens up. Then you can hide it again if you choose. I rather like the implementation. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 08:43 2
- I liked this too ... you'll always know when something new is posted is how I interpreted it. -- nm - JenBro Apr 14, 08:46 1
  - agreed -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 08:47
Right. Simplify it and be very selective with what goes there. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 14, 08:42 1
- Just have the headers, and make them clickable links -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 08:43

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