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OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
That doesn't read like "significant research". I don't even see any cited studies, surveys, or testing methodology. It was written by a single author so I'm inclined to believe it's his opinion, and I think it may be confirmation bias of those that agree. Even the commenters are arguing with the author and telling him he's wrong.Try Ogilvy on Advertising ISBN 0-394-72903-X pages 96 to 101. The caption on page 101, David Ogilvy wrote:This charity raised money for starving children by running advertisements set in reverse - white type on a black background. When I suggested that they test black type on a white background, they raised twice as much money. No, I said advertising. Advertising != typography. An advertising expert who knows a thing or two about typography doesn't mean he would know about website design. Though to your credit your example carries far more weight than the others provided in this thread. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22202 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
...and of course let us not forget that website developers the world over change things for the sake of changing them. Despite the protests from users. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I'd be happy if my two sig blocks were displaying side by side, as they used to be. And if email notification of PMs was working again. Meow. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Hi Mark, good to see you :-) Meow! "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Jeff Buck Send message Joined: 11 Feb 00 Posts: 1441 Credit: 148,764,870 RAC: 0 |
I'd be happy if my two sig blocks were displaying side by side, as they used to be.I mentioned a simple fix for that back in December (Message 1834656), but my suggestion was never picked up. The default "display: inline" attribute is being overridden by "display: block" in the "upgrade". If you're using Firefox, you can try a little experiment. Right-click on your first sig image, then choose "Inspect Element". You'll see a "display:block" attribute in the lower right panel, with a check box next to it. Click that box to deselect that attribute and the default "display:inline" will take effect, which should move your sigs back to a side-by-side position. Of course, they'll only stay that way until you reload the page. :^) |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
And if email notification of PMs was working again. Well they are working for me. Have had several over the last few days. I use Gmail so perhaps it is your mail provider? |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
They will also show as a notification in BOINC Manager. Even when the preference is to send only to account (no email). |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
And if email notification of PMs was working again. I am on sbcglobal.net. Got a couple of PMs in the last hour. No email notification. I believe I am NOT the only one this is broken for. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Got a couple of PMs in the last hour. No email notification. It's never worked for me, and I've tried individual, as well as daily notifications. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Got a couple of PMs in the last hour. No email notification. It has always worked for me. The last one I received was on 4/15/2017 7:27 AM. Something went south after that point and I have not received one since. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
The last PM notification email I received was sent 18 Apr 2017 at 4:09 PM (UK time - UTC+1) |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
And I got an e-mail at 18:57 today. So what is different about our respective e-mails? What changed back in April? |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
And I got an e-mail at 18:57 today.Well, my email domain is btinternet.com I posted some thoughts about the areas that may contain useful diagnostics in a post at BOINC - BOINC message 78107. But they're all server-side, so only accessible to project server admins - not to us mere volunteer mortals. Another thought after that post - outgoing emails may be blacklisted by the next SMTP server in line, because of all the spam recently. That should also be logged via an SMTP failure/rejection message, again in the server logs (Sendmail, not BOINC). If different mail providers subscribe to different blacklisting services, that might explain why some ISPs let the mail through and others don't. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
And I got an e-mail at 18:57 today. http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=11627 Seems it is BOINC. It may have been an update to sendmail in a Linux update. The other possibility is the UNI blocked port 25 outbound as part of some security update/upgrade. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I received an email today for a PM sent to me a few days ago. Very random, and like I said, I've never gotten email notifications in the past. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I received an email today for a PM sent to me a few days ago. Very random, and like I said, I've never gotten email notifications in the past. And two more just trickled in. Weird. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
I received an email today for a PM sent to me a few days ago. Very random, and like I said, I've never gotten email notifications in the past. Others were having problems and it was reported over at the Boinc forums. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=11627#78831 Eric has said there was a DNS problem. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
I was one of the ones who reported missing emails, both from the SETI sites (including Beta) and from the BOINC site. The delayed BOINC messages arrived yesterday, and the SETI ones have appeared overnight. So it seems that a significant problem (which affected some, but not all, of us) has been identified and fixed. I'm surprised to hear that it's been attributed to DNS, but I haven't got any better insights. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I was one of the ones who reported missing emails, both from the SETI sites (including Beta) and from the BOINC site. The delayed BOINC messages arrived yesterday, and the SETI ones have appeared overnight. So it seems that a significant problem (which affected some, but not all, of us) has been identified and fixed. I'm surprised to hear that it's been attributed to DNS, but I haven't got any better insights. As I said over on BOINC, I thought it could be a bad (malformed) A or MX record, part of DNS, that caused some very picky email systems to reject receipt, but I was guessing. In any case I thank Eric for getting it sorted and getting the delayed e-mails out. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Yeah, I just tested it, and it's working fine for me, now. :~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
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