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Along for the Ride! Update 3

by Mar Matthias Darin

Along for the Ride! (AFTR) has done exceptionally well since I put it online. I am now moving from Beta to Stable. Both the MouseOver and Click methods are performing as expected and I haven't had any issues reported regarding the code.

The only real issue that I am working on currently is it seems that most people (browser users) do not realize just how powerful MouseOver truly is. I am thinking of adding a delay to the MouseOver algorithm so that the mini-window doesn't open immediately upon the mouse going over the AFTR box.

The situation can be easily repeated. Here is the scenario: the visitor moves there mouse to the column or side panel where the AFTR box is then reverts to using the arrow keys to scroll the page. Upon doing so, the mouse inadvertently goes over the AFTR box, thus triggering it. The visitor being unaware of the side panel contents, thinks the AFTR mini-window is a pop up.

An easy fix to this is to simply move the AFTR widget outside the normal places a visitor may use to "rest" or part their mouse while reading, as I have done here.

I am also contemplating making the size of the mini-window change in accordance to the size of the visitor's screen based upon an equation. This is still very much on the chalk board, though.

The AFTR member's list now tracks visits for today and visits this month.

Here is the current member's list to demonstrate the tracking system:

I release this information as a validity test to the operations of AFTR and as a part of the transparency for AFTR as a traffic sharing method. Verifying traffic is done by looking for each of the above member sites in one server logs. The referrer is the site sending the visitor and is only my server if it is the one actually sending the visitor. The values represent actual confirmed visitors.

As a final note, the Join button on AFTR goes to this link currently.

To the AFTR members, thank you for helping me perfect the code and build a traffic model that actually works without spending all day clicking for table scraps of traffic.

For every one who hasn't joined yet, but might be looking for another avenue for traffic, take a look and visit each of the member sites. Check the AFTR widget out. Its free, so if you don't join, you're just missing out on good quality traffic as I hand approve all sites to maintain the quality.

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