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By: 15 Design Decisions That Annoy Readers | Devlounge

15 Design Decisions That Annoy Readers | Devlounge — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:10:03 +0000

[...] only do you have people browsing from work, but you also have people who aren’t very technical who can be really confused when the music [...]

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:41:25 +0000

Ronald, thanks for the explanations of gravatars and avatars – makes sense now.

By: Ronald Huereca

Ronald Huereca — Sun, 06 May 2007 07:56:33 +0000

Church of Integrity,

Music is rather annoying, which is why I despise MySpace. Adsense isn’t too bad usually, but some of the content in pop-up ads are pretty racy.

I personally don’t think you have much to worry about unless you start getting people with bad avatars as inspiration bit pointed out.

By: Church of Integrity

Church of Integrity — Sun, 06 May 2007 07:38:31 +0000

Great point with the music, I hate when people put music on their websites that autoplays and then you have to spend 5 minutes trying to find where to turn it off because the button is hidden somewhere in between ads.

Those were pretty good points, luckily I run a rather family friendly site so the only thing I might end up getting are bad ads but then again I don’t know how to restrict my Adsense ads to good ones.

By: Ronald Huereca

Ronald Huereca — Sat, 05 May 2007 07:10:50 +0000

An avatar (without looking up the official definition) is just a small picture that allows a person to set themselves apart on forums, blogs, etc.

A Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar, which allows users to have one central place to assign themselves an avatar and use it in many different places.

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:11:25 +0000

Hey, Ronald, thanks for including my tip

So, what’s the difference between a gravatar and an avatar? I’m getting confused with all these names…

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:45:39 +0000

Here’s another tip:

No Suggestive or Inappropriate gravatars, please.
With MyBlogLog getting so popular and blogs that display gravatars of their commenters, I can imagine that everyone tries to be “different” and catch people’s attention to their gravatar. However I’d rather see someone’s face than a bellybutton and bikini.