[ale] cheap android tablets source

[Geoffrey Myers]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> but, but, <blink> tags were so _cool_!

Yeah, they really should have been called:

<poke me in the eye with a stick>

But I guess some folks wouldn't know what the tag functionality was.

> 
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:06 AM, rhia <rhiannen at atlantacon.org 
> <mailto:rhiannen at atlantacon.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 08:03 -0500, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>      > Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>      > > Hi Guys,
>      > >
>      > > I went to the Atlanta Mobile Developers meeting tonight.  A guy
>     there
>      > > told me about this source for inexpensive Android tablets.  So, I'm
>      > > passing it along.
>      > >
>      > > http://cheapestandroid.com/
>      >
>      > No reflection on you Ron...
>      >
>      > <rant>
>      >
>      > That is the worst website I have ever seen.  The continuous
>     sliding back
>      > and forth makes me want to vomit.
>      >
>      > Why do people build pages like this trash.
>      >
>      > </rant>
> 
> 
>     Bad design, yes, but have seen much worse. Just bite the bullet and
>     click on one of the two directional arrows to make the sliding stop.
>     However, I will join with ranting about sites that force you to click on
>     a directional arrow to make movement stop, sites that automatically load
>     sound, sites that hide the sound controls in tiny little print, or
>     worse, sites that don't give any option to turn off the sound, or
>     motion, or both, at all.
> 
>     And I don't blame the designers, well, not entirely. Most are just
>     trying to collect payment from clueless overly demanding customers.
> 
>     Ahem,
>     However...
>     At least make the attempt to convert your customer to more reasonable,
>     less bling-filled annoyances. If they won't listen, take the check and
>     move on to the next account.
> 
>     Personally, a main page with sound and animation of any sort annoys me.
>     They take longer to load and are far more distracting than enticing. If
>     I can't glaringly obviously turn off the movement or sound within the
>     first 3 seconds of loading a page, I close it, black-list it, and don't
>     go back. So, maybe I might occasionally miss some first run early
>     adoption tech. So be it. The way I view it is that if the tech is worth
>     adopting it will still be there long enough for more professional
>     appearing sites to be built. It's a personal thing, but I refuse to give
>     serious attention, let alone hard earned cash, to annoying amateurish
>     bling filled animated sites especially in the age of paying for
>     bandwidth on smart phones. Site in question (cheapestandroid.com
>     <http://cheapestandroid.com>) could
>     have had the prominent buttons and let the user decide to click or not.
>     (HINT to cheapestandroid - your target audience who have found your site
>     are perfectly capable of clicking the arrow buttons. Promise.)
> 
>     When I click on a link for information, whether or not buying is an
>     option, that's exactly what I want: Information. Not animation, not
>     sound, not bling, just plain ol' generic information. Occasionally small
>     footprint images for clarification. Put the fancy stuff, if it has to be
>     there at all, off the front page, thankyouverymuch.
> 
>     ----
>     rhia
> 
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> James P. Kinney III
> 
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> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as 
> they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
> - ////2011 Noam Chomsky
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Until later, Geoffrey

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