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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By To Back at Yard on Monday, September 10, 2012 - 07:24 pm: Edit Post

[This has been moved from its original thread as its off topic and requires its own space -TBNet]

Please stop using all those capital letters. I am interested in reading your viewpoints but it is almost impossible to do so unless you stop with the capital letters.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Back at Yard. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 03:24 pm: Edit Post

Dear Sir/Madam,

My First LETTER to YOU did not go thru.the Queue.It explained everything IN FULL.This IS NOW,a NEW day and I HAVE a NEW Perspective.
About 2-3 Years ago,I could SEE any distance.
Then,One MOMENT,what I TOOK for GRANTED,was a blur.(like a fog,blur-ry,double-vision,etc;) I re-
alized that it was TIME TO SEE a Specialist.
I made an appointment.Got tested and now WEAR Glasses.When I now HAVE Medium-Small Print before me,I have to MOVE IT AWAY to certain Distant(ce)to SEE it,with-out my eye wear.
YOU stated in YOUR Post,that YOU Find IT almost
impossible to read,the BIG,Capital letters that i
used,when I write/type. Most People IS GLAD to SEE Big Prints.They do not HAVE TO STRAIN their Eyes as MUCH. I UNDER STAND,YOU,not able to SEE the small letters,but not able to SEE the BIG ONES,IS QUITE INTERESTING:<
Why,I USED BIG PRINTS; is to HIGH-LIGHT/LITE my IDEA,or my POINT,for the Reader/Audience to SEE.A Bill Board with a small adver-tisement get little attention,right.A BIG ONE,get LOTS.right.
Not being sarcastic= It could be a MEDICAL,or
VISION NEED,YOU are EXPERIENCING: Please! SEEK PRO-FESSIONAL HELP,Quickly: Delay,can bring serious conse-quences<.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eric on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 10:10 am: Edit Post

Back At Yard I think you misunderstand what we are saying about your typing style. It is not the size of the letters. It is the mixing of big and small letters that makes it difficult to understand.

There are several ways to emphasis a point while writing on the Internet. Using bold text is one option, or you can use ~special characters~ to make words stand out. Using different colors is another way.

One caveat: if everything is in bold, then nothing really stands out so use it sparingly. In fact, one could argue that I've used too much emphasis in this post, or at least too many kinds of emphasis (bold, underline, colors, etc)


And for those who really are sight-imparied (as I am also becoming, much to my dismay :-) you have different options for making the text on a page bigger. Press CTRL and + and see what happens.
This link explains it better:
http://it.language101.com/usability/make-text-bigger/


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom and Jeanie on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 10:55 am: Edit Post

Back at yard. I agree with Eric in that it is difficult to read entries where there is a mix of words in capitals. We are conditioned very early on to pay close attention to words in all caps and tend to automatically jump to such words, ignoring the rest, making comprehension difficult and reading tedious. Just an observation not a criticism of content so please keep posting.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Leslie on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 06:59 pm: Edit Post

I do want to read the posts by Back at Yard, but they are giving me a headache because of all those capital letters. Whoever you are - please do us a favor and type normally. I figure you have something important to say but if no one reads it why bother to spend so much time writing it?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By native on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 07:07 pm: Edit Post

Well, Back-A Yard you your comment made me giggle. Trust me, if you past by the bar while I'm "Back a Yard," it would be my pleasure to have one with you.

Blessings, lets have little fun too, life is so so short. Love and unity to all!!!