Comments on: Urbanfonts http://www.devlounge.net/webapps/urbanfonts Design, Develop, and Grow Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:03:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aj http://www.devlounge.net/webapps/urbanfonts/comment-page-1#comment-27759 aj Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:06:39 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/articles/urbanfonts#comment-27759 Flash was be a poor choice. It would cause extreme loading problems. Flash was be a poor choice. It would cause extreme loading problems.

]]> By: c. http://www.devlounge.net/webapps/urbanfonts/comment-page-1#comment-27735 c. Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:03:19 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/articles/urbanfonts#comment-27735 "Another feature common with most font directories is the ability to enter in your text an get a live preview of the word you entered in on all the font pages. On most sites, this requires an extra click, but UF uses ajax to refresh the font lists with your word as you type." And this is a good thing? This is a major case of using ajax when you shouldn't because there are more appropriate options (Flash, in this case). Their mouseovers are also poorly done. Every time I mouseover/mouseout, the images reload. “Another feature common with most font directories is the ability to enter in your text an get a live preview of the word you entered in on all the font pages. On most sites, this requires an extra click, but UF uses ajax to refresh the font lists with your word as you type.”

And this is a good thing? This is a major case of using ajax when you shouldn’t because there are more appropriate options (Flash, in this case).

Their mouseovers are also poorly done. Every time I mouseover/mouseout, the images reload.

]]> By: Avinash http://www.devlounge.net/webapps/urbanfonts/comment-page-1#comment-26925 Avinash Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:33:20 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/articles/urbanfonts#comment-26925 Thanks! It really is a nice and useful website. I found a lot of free fonts @ UF that look pretty professional. - Avi Thanks! It really is a nice and useful website. I found a lot of free fonts @ UF that look pretty professional.

- Avi

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