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I was looking at dtissagirl's pretty XF icons and I realized... I NEED MORE Mulder/Scully ICONS!

I could do with a few more of those. Anyone made any recently or know any good places to look?

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Thank you all the people who replied to my survey! I now have enough responses to have a successful project. Friends and strangers alike, thank you for your time.

bailunrui
kimberly_a
minim_calibre
tiashome
wild_irises
shannon_a
bloodypoetry
ocannie
d_irge
onetwomany
firecat
blow_saidjulian
odheirre
momentsintime
caille
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calligrafiti
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loriel_eris
tartanboxers
2 anonymous folks, and the others that offered but were too young.

THANKS!

mini rant on web design

There's something that just bugs the fuck out of me on websites, especially some fandom sites.

Little unlabelled boxes for links.

A site will have an attractive background, and on the side or the top or the bottom will be a row of little boxes or circles or some other button-shape that have no labels.

What the fuck? That causes confusion and stress on my part. I either have to hover my mouse over the tiny box link for several seconds to see what it is, or I have to click it and hope it's the link I want.

It's supposed to be styish or something... but really it's just annoying.

If I navigate a website it has to be clear and easy to navigate, or 8 times out of 10, I won't bother.

I say this as a person who doesn't own any websites, but traffics a lot of them: The best sites are both attractive and functional with zero stress on my part. A site that causes even the smallest increment of frustration or confusion is flawed in its basic design.

Little unlabelled box links in rows cause stress on my part. I don't want to be stressed by the internet. I want to enjoy the internet.


(I feel like I should add a disclaimer here saying that this isn't a knock on any particular person's site, because a lot of sites do this. If you have a site that does this, well... I'm sure it's pretty. But pretty isn't enough for me if looking around becomes a troublesome act.)

vidding help

So... I downloaded Virtual Dub. I downloaded Vegas Video.

Now... what do I do?

Are there any walkthroughs or step by step instructions for how to use the features on either of these programs? Hopefully something with screencaps of what the program looks like, with arrows pointing to buttons and stuff like that.

Also... is there an LJ community out there for vidders? To help each other out with questions and show off vids and stuff.

Fruits Basket snippet. NONspoilery.

Was thinking about FB and fic. Found that Tohru's voice is incredibly difficult because she's so unlike me that I can't get "in her head." But I tried.

untitled snippet:

One of the fully acknowledged but rarely discussed truths of the universe goes that when you live with someone, sooner or later you’re bound to see them naked. ( Fruits Basket fic snippet )