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[cjsmith]

I joined the dark side.

That thing could eat up the entire rest of my life. Fortunately, I tend to lose interest in between clicking on something and seeing the results.* This allows me to continue to do homework.

Now I think I need the basic two-minute tutorial. Rob's been over the initial setup with me, which is good, or my e-mail inbox would be dead. But I don't really know how to use anything yet.

- When somebody does a "wall-to-wall" at you, how do you reply to their comment?
- What in blazes do you do with "gifts" (not!) of "things" (virtual) that want you to enable some app and donate even more of your time? Is ignoring these considered rude?
- When someone you do not recognize at all asks to friend you, what is the socially acceptable way to say "I haven't the foggiest who you are"?

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*If you ever want to know what a web site is made of, use it with a two-year-old browser. Whoo-eee. It's like a cardiac stress test for web code. The patient might look and feel just fine most of the time, but this will highlight every clogged artery.

Comments

[abqdan.livejournal.com]

I ignore most of everything, including friend requests, unless I really want to keep track of people. I find it especially useful for relatives - quick updates, with no need for long phone calls or emails!

And don't get me started on web designers who feel they must include every new bell and whistle in their design, regardless of functionality. And who forget that 60% of America still uses dialup! This is a major consideration in my designs, especially for the University, with its distributed population on pueblos and isolated farms doing distance learning.

They just don't get it; the web is about information sharing, not prettiness!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

And don't get me started on web designers who feel they must include every new bell and whistle in their design, regardless of functionality. And who forget that 60% of America still uses dialup!

Amen! Not to mention whatever fraction of the other 40% is constrained to one browser or another, or even one version of one browser, by other considerations.

To give some credit, Facebook does seem to be a bit more responsive early in the morning (west coast time). Maybe it's a server-side issue and they get busy during the day.