On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Ken Arromdee <arromdee(a)rahul.net> wrote:
Four *separate* incidents where users mistook the
fundraising banner ad for
an illustration that is part of the article.
As is usual for lousy user interfaces, a lot of us are probably going to
blame this on the user being too stupid to read the page properly,
Would you like to propose a significant mid-campaign change to the
fundraiser to help the 0.000x% of visitors we're causing bafflement?
As for lousy user interfaces, advertising banners frequently go at the
top of pages. That is how they roll. This tiny, merry band of visitors
are saying "I know Wikipedia doesn't carry advertising, so I will
always conclude that Wikipedia pages contain nothing but the content
I'm looking for: yes, even right at the top of the screen in the space
other sites put up for sale".
We should take their confusion as a compliment.