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Posted by: Vectorbabe 12:38 pm EST 12/23/15
In reply to: re: Some things... - Chromolume 11:11 pm EST 12/22/15
I would have hoped that the web developers for the site would have posted a way for users to post the inevitable bugs, especially since there are so many iterations for browsers, OS, etc.

I am running Mac OS Yosemite. For both Chrome 47.0.2526.106 and Safari 9.0.2 (10601.3.9) the default font for un-visited URLs is a very thick bold which is hard to read. But then, if I visit the same page, those un-read links are regular font.

The text for this post is again a bold font which is hard to read.

And the color for the URLs is a web-safe 0000ff (blue). Web-safe colors are totally unnecessary in this day an age. But even if the web designers insist on web-safe colors, many sites I have worked on use 0099cc which is much more subtle.

It's not that the site is different. It's that the weight and colors of the fonts SCREAM at you
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re: link colors
Posted by: finally 12:44 pm EST 12/23/15
In reply to: link colors - Vectorbabe 12:38 pm EST 12/23/15
They did provide a way for users to post the inevitable bugs--send an email.
Link NOTES ABOUT SITE UPDATE
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re: link colors
Posted by: Vectorbabe 01:02 pm EST 12/23/15
In reply to: re: link colors - finally 12:44 pm EST 12/23/15
I see that the webmaster has posted that note. But while he/she did provide a web address, no where in the note does he/she ask for feedback via email or anything else.

And a true beta report is not done by a flurry of email with no structure for reporting OS, browsers, etc.

As someone who has taken part in well over a hundred beta tests since 1994, I know what a beta test is.
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re: link colors
Posted by: MikeR 01:08 pm EST 12/23/15
In reply to: re: link colors - Vectorbabe 01:02 pm EST 12/23/15
As has already been pointed out, they could not have been more clear that they were asking for feedback/bug reports via email.

Maybe you could volunteer your time to be part of a beta test. Or offer to pay for it.
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re: link colors
Posted by: Vectorbabe 01:58 pm EST 12/23/15
In reply to: re: link colors - MikeR 01:08 pm EST 12/23/15
Would love to be part of a beta test.

But if you know anything about beta tests, people are not paid to participate. They volunteer.

The webmaster of ATC could have designed a real beta test.

And I would certainly volunteer to create a form that would cover all the bases.

If the webmaster contacts me I will help
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re: link colors
Posted by: finally 01:06 pm EST 12/23/15
In reply to: re: link colors - Vectorbabe 01:02 pm EST 12/23/15
"other bugs/things that don't work write can be reported to webmaster@talkinbroadway.com"

I'm not sure how it could be any more plain. I don't think there is a huge team working on this project so it's a bit silly to expect this to go through a full beta test. If you see something that isn't working next week, let them know.
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re: link colors
Posted by: Vectorbabe 01:08 pm EST 12/23/15
In reply to: re: link colors - finally 01:06 pm EST 12/23/15
Of course! How could I have missed it buried inside the text with no link to the email?
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