Posted by medlib on October 3, 2000, at 18:05:00
In reply to Re: Suggestions for the next page remodel, posted by Dr. Bob on October 3, 2000, at 2:16:13
Dr. Bob--
Thanks for your prompy reply. Clarifications/answers below:
> --adding links to the other Babbles on each bottom-of-the-page links menu? Top-of-the-page links would be nice, too.
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> Do you mean the main pages, with the lists of posts, or the pages with the posts themselves?I meant just the other main pages. For those of us who go to more than one page per session (which is most, from what I can tell), links at the top and bottom to the other main pages would make navigation easier.
> --adding a reminder to single-click just above the "confirm post" button? It might be helpful to bold the reminder and include (in regular type) "double-clicking leads to double-posting."
> Do you think that's what's happening??? It never crossed my mind!Oh, yeah. Try it! (For realism's sake, use a deliberate, firm, but not excessively slow click speed.) Unlike us, you can remove a double post. In my experience, double-clicking Internet newbies usually aren't a big problem; but, depending on their click speed, they sometimes print twice (inevitably, a whole 40-page site) or they go "Back" 2 pages and get lost. (I always recommend changing the mouse setting to single-click for everything--makes segueing to the Internet seamless.)
> Thanks for the suggestions. Now here's a question for you. Psycho-Babble Jr. hasn't taken off. Do you think it's because people think you have to be a kid to post there? Maybe I should call it Psycho-Babble for Parents or something like that?
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> BobI don't think that a name change would help much.
My take is that a 3-way split of the original Babble was too much too soon. I would have divided it only into med and non-med. I went to PB Jr. for the first time this week; my children are grown and I don't yet have grandchildren, so kids aren't a current interest for me. However, if I ran across a query about a kid issue on a general board, and I knew something about the topic from my experience or education, chances are I might post to it. I'd return junior to the adult worlds. You could still split it off later as PSB traffic takes off.Well wishes--medlib
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