Life Beyond the Buzz 2012-02-11T14:39:31-08:00 marco http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/index.php marco@i-marco.nl tag:thenetisdead,2012:thenetisdead Pivot Copyright (c) 2012, Authors of The Net is Dead 2011-05-25T21:20:00-08:00 2011-05-25T21:20:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:meadowlark33y-1105252120

So I take out an ad for my small business in Facebook ads, and set the bid for $1.50 per hit, although Facebook suggested a higher and more competitive amount ($2.25). After a month I get zero feedback, no inquiries, no emails, no nothing. The only thing I get is an ulcer... after I open my credit card bill the other day and read: Facebook Ads = $106.89! I try to contact someone at Facebook to get some kind of an answer as to why at $1.50 a hit I have nothing to show for it, and if it's possible that there are 70 visitors to my FB ad (with a direct link to my website) that are just window shopping??? After much digging I finally find a phone number for Facebook. I call and get an automated message which basically tells me they're not available to answer the phone, but could be contacted at c.facebook.com/ads. I then spend the next 3/4 hour typing them an email, which is promptly returned shortly after submitting, consigned as 'undeliverable' Mailer Daemon. I've come to the conclusion that Facebook execs reside in an ivory tower somewhere, possibly Silicon Valley, complete with a series a cyber moats and high walls made of impenetrable plexiglass! From what I hear, I'm not alone... as I read many complaints from users frustrated at not being able to contact anyone real at Facebook when they have a question or a problem. The attitude of Facebook seems to be one of aloofness and indifference, regarding us (to borrow a phrase from the late 'Queen of Mean' Leona Helmsley) as "the little people". May I suggest to anyone having a problem with Facebook's billing: If you're not using PayPal, talk to the customer rep at your respective credit card company. The agent I spoke with confided to me that there have been numerous complaints lodged against Facebook similar to mine, and I was allowed me to appeal the charge without paying this ridiculous charge. Needless to say, since then my Facebook account has gone haywire and is now inaccessible! Ah, revenge is sweet in the Land of Facebook...

After a month I get zero feedback, no inquiries, no emails, no nothing. The only thing I get is an ulcer… after I open my credit card bill the other day and read: Facebook Ads = $106.89!

I try to contact someone at Facebook to get some kind of an answer as to why at $1.50 a hit I have nothing to show for it, and if it’s possible that there are 70 visitors to my FB ad (with a direct link to my website) that are just window shopping???
After much digging I finally find a phone number for Facebook. I call and get an automated message which basically tells me they’re not available to answer the phone, but could be contacted at c.facebook.com/ads. I then spend the next 3/4 hour typing them an email, which is promptly returned shortly after submitting, consigned as ‘undeliverable’ Mailer Daemon.

I’ve come to the conclusion that Facebook execs reside in an ivory tower somewhere, possibly Silicon Valley, complete with a series a cyber moats and high walls made of impenetrable plexiglass! From what I hear, I’m not alone… as I read many complaints from users frustrated at not being able to contact anyone real at Facebook when they have a question or a problem. The attitude of Facebook seems to be one of aloofness and indifference, regarding us (to borrow a phrase from the late ‘Queen of Mean’ Leona Helmsley) as “the little people”.

May I suggest to anyone having a problem with Facebook’s billing: If you’re not using PayPal, talk to the customer rep at your respective credit card company. The agent I spoke with confided to me that there have been numerous complaints lodged against Facebook similar to mine, and I was allowed me to appeal the charge without paying this ridiculous charge.

Needless to say, since then my Facebook account has gone haywire and is now inaccessible! Ah, revenge is sweet in the Land of Facebook… ]]> Meadowlark33Y http://getsatisfaction.com/facebook/topics/in_the_land_of_facebook Meadowlark33Y@aol.com 2011-05-19T16:39:00-08:00 2011-05-19T16:39:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:giuseppe-1105191639

Are you serious? Your 2007 Accordion script has nothing of particular, easy to write and to think. It is simply "JQuery". Do u want protect under copyright hide(), show(), next() and slideToggle() Instead, your're right to protect your Accordion 3.1 because it is more complex and original.

Your 2007 Accordion script has nothing of particular, easy to write and to think. It is simply “JQuery”.
Do u want protect under copyright hide(), show(), next() and slideToggle()

Instead, your’re right to protect your Accordion 3.1 because it is more complex and original. ]]> Giuseppe iubris80@yahoo.it 2011-05-19T06:40:00-08:00 2011-05-19T06:40:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:patrick_hamann-1105190640

Thanks for the post as am currently thinking how I was going to apply aria roles to an accordion widget i have. You may also find this article interesting, more specifically aimed at tabs design patterns rather than accordions (though some would say there the same ;) but goes quite in-depth into 3 different ways of approaching it, and the screen reader tests on each: http://www.accessibleculture.org/research/aria-tabs/ (p.s. it's not written by me, but i found it useful) Thanks

You may also find this article interesting, more specifically aimed at tabs design patterns rather than accordions (though some would say there the same ;) but goes quite in-depth into 3 different ways of approaching it, and the screen reader tests on each:

http://www.accessibleculture.org/researc..

(p.s. it’s not written by me, but i found it useful)

Thanks ]]> Patrick Hamann http://blog.ultravioletdesign.co.uk patrick@ultravioletdesign.co.uk 2011-05-18T12:08:00-08:00 2011-05-18T12:08:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:sensible-1105181208

I keep coming back here to mention the points and remind myself why i hate facebook soo much... The thing i hate the most is, there will be a page "say no to corruption" and a thousand people go and Like IT. My question but what exactly they did to help the cause, NOTHING. Its better to do something in real life, rather than just liking something on FB which makes no sense and did not help anyone at all. So this is like fake support.

NOTHING. Its better to do something in real life, rather than just liking something on FB which makes no sense and did not help anyone at all. So this is like fake support. ]]> Sensible 2011-05-17T05:01:00-08:00 2011-05-17T05:01:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:1984-1105170501

Facebook is a data-mining tool. The joke is on the users.

1984 BraveNewWorld@DomainNamesAreNoMore.ByeInternet 2011-05-15T11:08:00-08:00 2011-05-15T11:08:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:yeeeooo-1105151108

Ja bla bla bla facebook is like watching 2 men kiss, who cares, people are more interested in facebook than any other important issues that are happening around them, all those twitter myspace crap crap crap been there left them all, I got 200 friends who never speak to me maybe 10, suck balls facebook and the people on it... mostly filled with photos of people winged off there heads every weekend, repetitive crappy photos. telling me there in a relationship.... hahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha. why do people ask to be your friend and then never say anything, so you accept but nothing, suck balls......................im the idiot for accepting and being apart of that site for so long.......it's good to be free, think outside facebook, otherwise they own your ass, do something useful, Plant a tree, read the bible.

yeeeooo yay@hotmail.com 2011-05-14T19:59:00-08:00 2011-05-14T19:59:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:jw-1105141959

Ok, this looks like it is a Safari rendering thing. You can delete my post if you like. Thx.

jw email.jwhitaker@gmail.com 2011-05-14T18:22:00-08:00 2011-05-14T18:22:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:jw-1105141822

Hey Marco. Quick question... Any idea why when adding rounded corners to the ul.menu would render strangely in Safari? Looks good in Chrome/FF. It does this weird thing on the inside curve. ul.menu li a, ul.menu ul.menu li a { background: #333; color: #fff; padding: 0.5em; -moz-border-radius:3px; -webkit-border-radius:3px; border-radius:3px; }

Any idea why when adding rounded corners to the ul.menu would render strangely in Safari? Looks good in Chrome/FF.

It does this weird thing on the inside curve.

ul.menu li a, ul.menu ul.menu li a {
background: #333;
color: #fff;
padding: 0.5em;
-moz-border-radius:3px;
-webkit-border-radius:3px;
border-radius:3px;
} ]]> jw email.jwhitaker@gmail.com 2011-05-13T10:31:00-08:00 2011-05-13T10:31:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:kay-1105131031

Did Alex question get answered? I search through the blog post, but I may have missed the response. Here is what Alex wrote: Hi Marco, The nested accordion is working perfectly for me right now. The one problem I am running into is keeping the nested menu expanded on page load. My structure is Parent Category > Sub Category > Product When they click on the product, it goes the the product page, and I apply the expand class to that “Sub Category” menu so it stays open, but it isnt working. Can you not keep a nested accordion open? Thanks for the help, Alex _______________________________________________________ I'm having the same issue. When Sub Category or Product is clicked, the menu closes/collapses. I only want the menu to close/collaspe when the Parent Category (top level) is clicked, not when sub-items are clicked. Is there a way to do this? I love the menu and all your hard work. Amazing. Kay

Hi Marco,

The nested accordion is working perfectly for me right now. The one problem I am running into is keeping the nested menu expanded on page load.

My structure is Parent Category > Sub Category > Product

When they click on the product, it goes the the product page, and I apply the expand class to that “Sub Category” menu so it stays open, but it isnt working.

Can you not keep a nested accordion open?

Thanks for the help,
Alex

_______________________________________________________

I’m having the same issue. When Sub Category or Product is clicked, the menu closes/collapses. I only want the menu to close/collaspe when the Parent Category (top level) is clicked, not when sub-items are clicked. Is there a way to do this?

I love the menu and all your hard work. Amazing.

Kay ]]> Kay klittlejohn@wildblue.net 2011-05-12T10:32:00-08:00 2011-05-12T10:32:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:jon-1105121032

"Despite what some of the ‘old school’ may think digital imagery is as valid ..." Despite what some of the 'new school' may think digital is not imagery. Digital is only binary data; binary data stored on the camera card. Later, when the binary data stored on the camera card is transferred to a hard drive, it's still only binary data and not an image. There is simply no image there. Ever. Digital = No Image = Not Photography

Despite what some of the ‘new school’ may think digital is not imagery. Digital is only binary data; binary data stored on the camera card.

Later, when the binary data stored on the camera card is transferred to a hard drive, it’s still only binary data and not an image. There is simply no image there. Ever.

Digital = No Image = Not Photography ]]> Jon 29121316@mail.com 2011-05-11T07:59:00-08:00 2011-05-11T07:59:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:maria-1105110759

Hello Marco, This menu is sweet and exactly what i was looking for ! I have one problem : I already have a class "menu", how is it possible to rename this in your script ? I have tried to change it to menu2 in the menu.js file but it doesn't work. Could you please help me ? Thank you !

This menu is sweet and exactly what i was looking for !

I have one problem : I already have a class “menu”, how is it possible to rename this in your script ?

I have tried to change it to menu2 in the menu.js file but it doesn’t work.

Could you please help me ?

Thank you ! ]]> Maria dommageeliane@gmail.com 2011-05-09T00:23:00-08:00 2011-05-09T00:23:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:sabrina_cardenas-1105090023

Oh my god I totally agree with you!! I'm a 16 year old and I've had a Facebook since a year ago and I just realized that it was a waste of my FUCKING time! Seriously the people that go on FB need to get a life and interact with the real world for once!! I DONT KNOW YOU SO WHY WOULD I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR FUCKING STATUSES?!?!? Get some real friends instead -___-

FUCKING time! Seriously the people that go on FB need to get a life and interact with the real world for once!! I DONT KNOW YOU SO WHY WOULD I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR FUCKING STATUSES?!?!? Get some real friends instead ___ ]]> Sabrina Cardenas swtgurl123@yahoo.com 2011-05-08T13:09:00-08:00 2011-05-08T13:09:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:jd-1105081309

FB is a lie. People's lives are not that exciting, glamorous, or enviable. Let me guess, you get up and go to work, and take a couple weeks vacation every year. How is that exciting? I really think that this site is best for dramatic teenagers and bored housewives who feel the need to show constant updates on their kids. Hate to break it to all the parents out there, but YOUR KIDS ARE ONLY CUTE TO YOU. And your FB "friends" are only being nice when they say you have the cutest kiddo ever. Seriously people let's all get a life and stop updating it on a machine. We're better than that.

YOUR KIDS ARE ONLY CUTE TO YOU. And your FB “friends” are only being nice when they say you have the cutest kiddo ever.

Seriously people let’s all get a life and stop updating it on a machine. We’re better than that. ]]> JD jane.doe.alias12345@gmail.com 2011-05-04T13:52:00-08:00 2011-05-04T13:52:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:micah-1105041352

you misspelled "world" under 1.DULLNESS

DULLNESS ]]> Micah 2011-05-03T11:11:00-08:00 2011-05-03T11:11:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:ohsuzicue-1105031111

For those looking for the Renaissance theme, a quick Google search resulted in this: http://www.tumblr.com/theme/179 Ta-da! :)

http://www.tumblr.com/theme/179

Ta-da! :) ]]> ohsuzicue 2011-04-29T09:15:00-08:00 2011-04-29T09:15:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:ken-1104290915

I also needed to make the submenu heading into an active link, not just a toggle button. I tried Jay's code above but could not get it to work. Don't know javascript well enough. What I ended up doing is calling the link through javascript, and then changing the css class with php. Works fine! This way I didn't need to edit the javascript file at all. here is the code: http://pastebin.com/mW8NQtku btw this is using wordpress functions but you could write your own for any site.

What I ended up doing is calling the link through javascript, and then changing the css class with php. Works fine! This way I didn’t need to edit the javascript file at all.

here is the code: http://pastebin.com/mW8NQtku

btw this is using wordpress functions but you could write your own for any site. ]]> ken ken@badfunproductions.com 2011-04-25T16:07:00-08:00 2011-04-25T16:07:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:ashley-1104251607

I really dislike Facebook and always have from the moment I had first heard about it. it gives many insecure people a place to hide and put on this front about who they really are. it allows stupid people to share their stupidity with the world. and i don't need to know that John just updated his status to "about to eat a Chipotle burrito bowl" and 5 minutes later "that burrito bowl was sooo good" no one cares. and if they are commenting on this its only because they have no life or they are just pretending to care behind a computer screen. its supposed to be a networking site, but it seems like BS to me. gossip, stupidity, fake people...all of my friends ask me all the time why I don't have a Facebook page. I don't need one. Honestly its quite boring. maybe I just don't care to know about other people's lives enough.

ashley camerashyy@rocketmail.com 2011-04-19T22:01:00-08:00 2011-04-19T22:01:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:tree_yip-1104192201

If IE cannot use Firebug, just use Firefox instead. Even YUI, jQuery or other frameworks should be well developed cross browsers. And, in my opinion, if there plug-in or browser build-in debug tool, we should always use it instead of using the JavaScript level profiler. We should use the profiler provided by SQL engine. so we never write our own profiler for SQL in programming language, right? I used jQuery and YUI, I really appreciate jQuery simplified my code ultimately, code should keep clean and high readability. My feeling is jQuery did much more generic than YUI.

YUI, jQuery or other frameworks should be well developed cross browsers.

And, in my opinion, if there plug-in or browser build-in debug tool, we should always use it instead of using the JavaScript level profiler. We should use the profiler provided by SQL engine. so we never write our own profiler for SQL in programming language, right?

I used jQuery and YUI, I really appreciate jQuery simplified my code ultimately, code should keep clean and high readability. My feeling is jQuery did much more generic than YUI. ]]> Tree Yip tree.yip@gmail.com 2011-04-19T10:09:00-08:00 2011-04-19T10:09:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:ash-1104191009

God, I'm back to do some facebook bashing. So the other day i picked up the phone and called an old friend of mine (international call), it was after a almost 8 months, so she was all upset that i dont keep in touch with her... well Honey i had a baby and i have to take care of the baby, i have work and i have my own life and i have a few people around me with whome i need to be in contact, like neighbourhood mommies with kids my same age. Seriously anyone who has babies will understand this. I was really upset that instead of just talking to me and asking about my life as i was asking about hers, she just started are you on FB yet or not (MIND YOU, no appreciation for the fact that i picked up the phone and made an international call)... I said NO, i do not like the concept and as you know i'm a private person, i would not feel comfortable opening an FB account. She went ON ON and ON about how everyone has FB, i said THAT is exactly the reason why i dont have one, i dont follow trends and i dont follow people. I got soo irritated i just said i will have to call you later !!!!!

MIND YOU, no appreciation for the fact that i picked up the phone and made an international call)... I said NO, i do not like the concept and as you know i’m a private person, i would not feel comfortable opening an FB account. She went ON ON and ON about how everyone has FB, i said THAT is exactly the reason why i dont have one, i dont follow trends and i dont follow people.

I got soo irritated i just said i will have to call you later !!!!! ]]> Ash playdatesatretreat@gmail.com 2011-04-17T13:06:00-08:00 2011-04-17T13:06:00-08:00 tag:thenetisdead,2012:bramick-1104171306

I think I found a bug. You can't wrap the anchor links that expand and collapse the accordion. for ex Competition Apartment A Apartment B Apartment C Apartment D Wrapping the anchor link in the h4 breaks the expand/collapse.

You can’t wrap the anchor links that expand and collapse the accordion. for ex


Competition

Apartment A
Apartment B
Apartment C
Apartment D



Wrapping the anchor link in the h4 breaks the expand/collapse. ]]> Bramick bramick@gmail.com