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<blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 1464922" data-attributes="member: 5">To be more clear, let me add...When I click on the General Forum I immediately move my mouse to the scroll bar and as soon as the page begins to load I single click on the scroll bar, which then jumps me down the screen until the (approx.) top fifth of the page is above my viewing screen.&nbsp; I then hold a click on the scroll bar button until I get up to the first post below the flasking icon.&nbsp; I do this by watching the left side of my screen and as soon as I see the very bottom of the flashing icon, I edge it back up until it is off of the screen.&nbsp; Then I begin to scan down the subject lines of the regular threads.In effect, the constant two months of the flashing icon has trained me to develop a routine that has me completely ignoring the top of the forum.&nbsp; I didn't even notice that &quot;Announcement&quot; thread that is there about limited time offer for personal forums (which I had heard about previously through the META forum).&nbsp; But I also see that the &quot;Announcement&quot; thread about personal forums was on the General Forum since 3-30-04, which I didn't realize until this whole thing came up.Another point that bears mentioning is that the routine I have developed has me never seeing the banner ads on that page.&nbsp; I doubt that is a desired effect of having a perpetual Attention icon in the General Forum, either.&nbsp; Any advertiser who has had a banner ad impression atop the General Forum in the last month when I have opened the page, with few exceptions, has wasted their money (if they have been trying to reach me with their advertising).&nbsp; Not that I would have necessarily made a purchase or followed a linked banner, but I doubt I am the only one who has developed a routine based on the Attention icon's constant flashing.It really won't effect me all that much as I will likely sink back into my scroll bar routine, but I just thought it might be worth mentioning.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark, post: 1464922, member: 5"] To be more clear, let me add... When I click on the General Forum I immediately move my mouse to the scroll bar and as soon as the page begins to load I single click on the scroll bar, which then jumps me down the screen until the (approx.) top fifth of the page is above my viewing screen. I then hold a click on the scroll bar button until I get up to the first post below the flasking icon. I do this by watching the left side of my screen and as soon as I see the very bottom of the flashing icon, I edge it back up until it is off of the screen. Then I begin to scan down the subject lines of the regular threads. In effect, the constant two months of the flashing icon has trained me to develop a routine that has me completely ignoring the top of the forum. I didn't even notice that "Announcement" thread that is there about limited time offer for personal forums (which I had heard about previously through the META forum). But I also see that the "Announcement" thread about personal forums was on the General Forum since 3-30-04, which I didn't realize until this whole thing came up. Another point that bears mentioning is that the routine I have developed has me never seeing the banner ads on that page. I doubt that is a desired effect of having a perpetual Attention icon in the General Forum, either. Any advertiser who has had a banner ad impression atop the General Forum in the last month when I have opened the page, with few exceptions, has wasted their money (if they have been trying to reach me with their advertising). Not that I would have necessarily made a purchase or followed a linked banner, but I doubt I am the only one who has developed a routine based on the Attention icon's constant flashing. It really won't effect me all that much as I will likely sink back into my scroll bar routine, but I just thought it might be worth mentioning. [/QUOTE]

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