I think that this is why things like advertisements in Windows don't just annoy me, but actively offend me. Those ads were not a mistake or a bug or even a designer just playing around. They are...
I think that this is why things like advertisements in Windows don't just annoy me, but actively offend me. Those ads were not a mistake or a bug or even a designer just playing around. They are the result of countless meetings about how many they could put in before it became a problem for the business.
On the other hand, it is why I absolutely adore pretty much any new game that comes out with its own style. Astral Ascent, Ori, Don't Starve, whatever, they all have their own aesthetic that had effort put in and I love them for it.
The decision to set Calibri as a default font reminds me of the various forgeries over the years that use too-modern typeface and are caught out because of it. Reference
The decision to set Calibri as a default font reminds me of the various forgeries over the years that use too-modern typeface and are caught out because of it.
The Guardian newspaper ran an April Fools article in 1977 about San Serriffe, "an island in the Indian Ocean". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Serriffe
My current favorites include Microsoft’s long-standing decision to not allow multiple OneDrive logins with paid personal accounts while they have that exact functionality available to...
My current favorites include Microsoft’s long-standing decision to not allow multiple OneDrive logins with paid personal accounts while they have that exact functionality available to personal+business account combinations. Closely related to this are matters concerning the extra clicks or taps necessary to open and edit Microsoft documents on Google Drive. It’s punishment by design.
Of course, Apple’s got to get it’s due: who can forget the first time they tried to play a video from within the iOS Files app only to be met with an odd screen of functional nothingness, or had the audacity to want to add photos and videos to the iOS Photos app without needing to jump through hoops.
The most insidious one, by far, has been Google’s productivity apps on iOS: they deliberately removed the ‘Look Up’ feature so they you cannot use Apple’s built-in dictionaries. Why? Well, surely they want you to search Google. Except, they removed the ‘Search’ feature too, so you can’t even do that. Nope, you’ve got to paste the word into the Siri box to get Apple’s dictionary definitions. That goes for Docs and Slides. Spectacularly, those same options do appear in Sheets… because spreadsheet authoring is exactly when we all need to use the dictionary. smh.
I think that this is why things like advertisements in Windows don't just annoy me, but actively offend me. Those ads were not a mistake or a bug or even a designer just playing around. They are the result of countless meetings about how many they could put in before it became a problem for the business.
On the other hand, it is why I absolutely adore pretty much any new game that comes out with its own style. Astral Ascent, Ori, Don't Starve, whatever, they all have their own aesthetic that had effort put in and I love them for it.
The decision to set Calibri as a default font reminds me of the various forgeries over the years that use too-modern typeface and are caught out because of it.
Reference
It's very on the nose, but the sans-Sharif joke made me laugh anyway.
The Guardian newspaper ran an April Fools article in 1977 about San Serriffe, "an island in the Indian Ocean". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Serriffe
My current favorites include Microsoft’s long-standing decision to not allow multiple OneDrive logins with paid personal accounts while they have that exact functionality available to personal+business account combinations. Closely related to this are matters concerning the extra clicks or taps necessary to open and edit Microsoft documents on Google Drive. It’s punishment by design.
Of course, Apple’s got to get it’s due: who can forget the first time they tried to play a video from within the iOS Files app only to be met with an odd screen of functional nothingness, or had the audacity to want to add photos and videos to the iOS Photos app without needing to jump through hoops.
The most insidious one, by far, has been Google’s productivity apps on iOS: they deliberately removed the ‘Look Up’ feature so they you cannot use Apple’s built-in dictionaries. Why? Well, surely they want you to search Google. Except, they removed the ‘Search’ feature too, so you can’t even do that. Nope, you’ve got to paste the word into the Siri box to get Apple’s dictionary definitions. That goes for Docs and Slides. Spectacularly, those same options do appear in Sheets… because spreadsheet authoring is exactly when we all need to use the dictionary. smh.