[78-L] was eBay question ^ website icons - still ^ but may be helpful

[David Lennick]

My next quest will be to find the "refresh"/"reload" function on the revised 
Firefox. Luckily I found out about F5 on my keyboard, but before I wear that 
out I'd like to know what the geniuses at Mozilla were thinking.

dl

On 10/26/2014 1:02 AM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
>
> I embarked upon a new career in March of this year as a software tester.  I
> test new websites.  Sometimes I get a clear list of criteria of things it is
> supposed to do or not do, and sometimes I don't.  I have learned that the
> new generation of web creators are very increasingly fond of icons that seem
> to have some meaning to them, but are maybe not so clear to the rest of us.
> Major lesson: Look for dopey-looking icons and hover.  You will be surprised
> - well, maybe not after David's experience - at all the junk they hide
> there, including all kinds of crucial information/actions you will need.  I
> know; I find them for a living.
>
> I have complained about of few of these and gotten some changed, others not.
> My favorite dopey icon story goes back to the seatbelt laws.  May have been
> in All in a Day's Work in the Reader's Digest umpteen years ago.  A woman
> brought her car back to the dealer, she was in tears because her car had
> threatened her.  What!? Said the service writer.  She turned the key and
> showed him the red light of a guy wearing an ammo belt with a rifle over his
> shoulder.  That was the first thing I thought of when I saw that for the
> first time, too, only I figured it out pretty quickly.  The one in my Ford
> still looks too much like that and I chuckle at it frequently to this day.
> When she removes her seatbelt to move around in the car a little I tell my
> wife to hurry and get it re-fastened so the rifle guy won't show up.
> Happened again on today's road trip and I got home and saw this exchange.
> Made my day.  Thanks, guys.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Darrell Lehman
> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 12:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] eBay question ^
>
>
> O.K.... go to My eBay - Sell - Sold
>
> Find the item
>
> Middle right is:  Price - Sale date - a black checkmark - a dollar sign
> - and a black rectangle that's s'posed to be a package.
>
> Hover over that rectangle and the shipped date will magically appear!
>
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