Well, ESPN's on in a lot of bars--and the "Bottom Line" score ticker runs even during the commercials.
Your reasoning for tickers is also the reason for the over-descriptive lower thirds that are now common on television news in general (even the BBC does them on live shots). Fox tried them on the local stations and on FX's live infotainment shows in their early days (when the channel was styled "fX"), but they didn't stick until Fox News Channel started using them (where they've become a major way in how that channel gets its message across). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I loathe all that rubbish on screen too, but isn't the reason they do it > because the news channels play in mute form in lots of public spaces - > lobbies, airports, and bars etc. OK - maybe not too many bars. > > That doesn't excuse continuing to use scrolling rather than just paging > through the text, but that's their reasoning. I guess that somehow > psychologically "scrolling" = "urgently important." > > > > Adam > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:28 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> As someone whose job it is to build websites that are usable, this is >>>> an incredibly stupid move. Research has shown that people's eyes are >>>> constantly attracted to the scrolling text, which means they're not paying >>>> attention to what's on the screen itself. At least the text that flips >>>> reduces that distraction (and increases the likelihood that someone can >>>> scan it faster than a scroll, which requires you to see the entire start of >>>> the message). And if people can't learn to write short headlines, that's >>>> their problem. Give them two lines if you're that obsessed with using that >>>> space to deliver information. >>>> >>>> Death to the scroll! >>>> >>>> >>> Right - so why not just get rid of all of that text, scolled or flipped, >>> unless something truly urgent and dynamic is happening? >>> >>> You'll get no argument from me, sir. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
