Comments on: Eliminate extra exclamation points!!! http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/ Ryan McFarland's travel, thoughts, projects and more. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: paulnjean http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-29571 paulnjean Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:22:38 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-29571 I live in a town called Palisades Park, New Jersey. A printed sheet of little payment-reminder stickers contains this heading: "Stickers!!!!!!" When I asked the tax collector why so many exclamation marks, he replice "So people will notice." Not wanting to get on the bad side of the tax collector, I kept quiet. But had to ask myself, What if something were really and truly urgent, life and death, how many exclamation marks would that require? I live in a town called Palisades Park, New Jersey. A printed sheet of little payment-reminder stickers contains this heading: “Stickers!!!!!!”
When I asked the tax collector why so many exclamation marks, he replice “So people will notice.” Not wanting to get on the bad side of the tax collector, I kept quiet. But had to ask myself, What if something were really and truly urgent, life and death, how many exclamation marks would that require?

]]> By: Wishing That Excessive Web Copy Was as Easy to Get Rid Of as Excessive Exclamation Points | Andy Darnell's Thoughts and Ponderings http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-28065 Wishing That Excessive Web Copy Was as Easy to Get Rid Of as Excessive Exclamation Points | Andy Darnell's Thoughts and Ponderings Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:40:21 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-28065 [...] I found this cool add-on script created by Ryan McFarland that can be added to Firefox. When you view Web pages with EEDS, it “turns anything more than two [...] [...] I found this cool add-on script created by Ryan McFarland that can be added to Firefox. When you view Web pages with EEDS, it “turns anything more than two [...]

]]> By: People who use excessive exclamation points are … - On the Edge - Kristi Gustafson - Style Fashion Dating Blog - timesunion.com - Albany NY http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-8854 People who use excessive exclamation points are … - On the Edge - Kristi Gustafson - Style Fashion Dating Blog - timesunion.com - Albany NY Thu, 20 May 2010 15:39:54 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-8854 [...] Check out this blog on removing the [...] [...] Check out this blog on removing the [...]

]]> By: Zieak http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-7094 Zieak Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:49:54 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-7094 Very nice! Very nice!

]]> By: Mossnz http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-7090 Mossnz Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:29:08 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-7090 Found a nasty little bug in the script - it broke digg comments. So I fixed it and uploaded a <a href="http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/53038" rel="nofollow">working version to userscripts.</a> Hope you don't mind. :) Found a nasty little bug in the script – it broke digg comments.
So I fixed it and uploaded a working version to userscripts.
Hope you don’t mind. :)

]]> By: Scarlett http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-6640 Scarlett Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:31:45 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-6640 Great! And I would just love to hav the same kind of script for interrogation marks. Great! And I would just love to hav the same kind of script for interrogation marks.

]]> By: Bernard Yaple http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-3230 Bernard Yaple Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:25:30 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-3230 This one makes sence "One's first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything." This one makes sence “One’s first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything – and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”

]]> By: zieak http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-2442 zieak Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:55:28 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-2442 Good idea - I'll take a stab at it sometime and if i get it working i'll email you and let you know. Good idea – I’ll take a stab at it sometime and if i get it working i’ll email you and let you know.

]]> By: Monoto http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-2441 Monoto Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:11:43 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-2441 My coding knowledge is virtually nil, or I'd take a stab at this myself, so here's a suggestion. Is there any way to make the replacement exclamation mark colored? Maybe a dark red so it's noticeable without being blatant? My coding knowledge is virtually nil, or I’d take a stab at this myself, so here’s a suggestion.

Is there any way to make the replacement exclamation mark colored? Maybe a dark red so it’s noticeable without being blatant?

]]> By: The Burncopy » links for 2007-01-20 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-2333 The Burncopy » links for 2007-01-20 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:30:19 +0000 http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/#comment-2333 [...] Eliminate extra exclamation points!!! on Zieak’s Blog Greasemonkey script to eliminate extra exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Categories: The Copyright Convention [...] [...] Eliminate extra exclamation points!!! on Zieak’s Blog Greasemonkey script to eliminate extra exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Categories: The Copyright Convention [...]

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