Shopping Icon Notification Light
I'm not trying to tread on Lenny_Ogg's turf, but this question is a little different. I'm not just asking you how you feel about the Shopping Icon Notification Light, I'm asking you why. Some people j...
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I don't like the way the calendar button flashes either. It really distracts and irritates me. I just never said anything because I tend not to complain much when I think it's a feature other people might like or find useful.
For me, things moving, changing color, flashing, sparkling, etc. off to the side but within my field of view make it really hard for me to focus on what I'm doing. I can't point to any diagnosed visual or neurological issue, I just have always, all my life, had a very hard time staying focused. It's one thing if it's an alarm that is genuinely important to get my attention (for example, the needs icon for a sim changing color when one of their needs is low) but it is extremely irritating when it is doing it for no reason that matters to me.
I have trouble even reading things on the internet on many websites when there are so many ads that use video, gifs, rotating picture sequences, or other visual affects to get your attention. I am actually not able to read or comprehend the article or post I am there to read because the movement off to the side is so distracting. I have often had to leave those sites, without finishing reading the thing I wanted to read because there is no way to make them stop. I don't really care about the ad being there. I just can't concentrate with that distracting movement.
I don't get headaches, or other physical problems from flashing lights. I just am beyond frustrated with marketers using this type of technique. My main issue for myself regarding the in-game marketing button is just that I don't want it to do the same annoying thing that the calendar is already doing. With the calendar, I can at least block it out with a index card, because it is at the bottom of the screen. But they put this button at the top. So that's harder to do. When other players have said that the flashing causes them other types of physical issues, I believe them, I care about that, and I am fully aware that they may be using a physical object to block out the calendar button already, just like I do.
I do feel that the marketing button is pointless, because even if you buy a pack with it while in game, you will still need to shut down and restart your game to see the new content in-game. So it really doesn't offer any kind of meaningful convenience. But as long as it does not do anything to distract me, I really don't care if it's there. But it does matter to me that it is upsetting players, simlit writers, and modders whose company and content I enjoy.
I haven't updated my game yet, even though I do use mods (and could therefor remove the button easily with one of the ones that's already sprung up), because I'm thinking about the ethical implications (for my own conscience) of just doing what is okay for me vs. having some solidarity with players who are having problems with this button and can't use mods. That matters to me too.
And for the record, I want the calendar button to stop doing those animations also. That is very irritating to me. The marketing button is just worse because it is so utterly unnecessary to the game itself.
For me, things moving, changing color, flashing, sparkling, etc. off to the side but within my field of view make it really hard for me to focus on what I'm doing. I can't point to any diagnosed visual or neurological issue, I just have always, all my life, had a very hard time staying focused. It's one thing if it's an alarm that is genuinely important to get my attention (for example, the needs icon for a sim changing color when one of their needs is low) but it is extremely irritating when it is doing it for no reason that matters to me.
I have trouble even reading things on the internet on many websites when there are so many ads that use video, gifs, rotating picture sequences, or other visual affects to get your attention. I am actually not able to read or comprehend the article or post I am there to read because the movement off to the side is so distracting. I have often had to leave those sites, without finishing reading the thing I wanted to read because there is no way to make them stop. I don't really care about the ad being there. I just can't concentrate with that distracting movement.
I don't get headaches, or other physical problems from flashing lights. I just am beyond frustrated with marketers using this type of technique. My main issue for myself regarding the in-game marketing button is just that I don't want it to do the same annoying thing that the calendar is already doing. With the calendar, I can at least block it out with a index card, because it is at the bottom of the screen. But they put this button at the top. So that's harder to do. When other players have said that the flashing causes them other types of physical issues, I believe them, I care about that, and I am fully aware that they may be using a physical object to block out the calendar button already, just like I do.
I do feel that the marketing button is pointless, because even if you buy a pack with it while in game, you will still need to shut down and restart your game to see the new content in-game. So it really doesn't offer any kind of meaningful convenience. But as long as it does not do anything to distract me, I really don't care if it's there. But it does matter to me that it is upsetting players, simlit writers, and modders whose company and content I enjoy.
I haven't updated my game yet, even though I do use mods (and could therefor remove the button easily with one of the ones that's already sprung up), because I'm thinking about the ethical implications (for my own conscience) of just doing what is okay for me vs. having some solidarity with players who are having problems with this button and can't use mods. That matters to me too.
And for the record, I want the calendar button to stop doing those animations also. That is very irritating to me. The marketing button is just worse because it is so utterly unnecessary to the game itself.
