Re: Is there a term for this?

Subject: Re: Is there a term for this?
From: Milan Davidović <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Joe Weinmunson <litlfrog -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:08:18 -0500

Are you looking for a term to describe
- the "someone doesn't notice them" part?
- the "moving everything to the top in bold blinking colored fonts"?
- the solution doesn't really solve the problem part?
- two or all of the above three?

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On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Joe Weinmunson <litlfrog -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> A friend of mine wonders:
> "So if you have a list of items on a website, printed document, or other
> means of communication, and someone doesn't notice one of them, it seems to
> me that moving everything to the top in bold blinking colored fonts, while
> it might briefly solve the problem, does so by causing the problem for the
> next two times . . . is there a term for what I'm talking about, and is it
> a concept in use?"
>
> I certainly know what he's talking about, but I'm an informally trained
> lone tech writer. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> --
> Joe Weinmunson
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