Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design

[Arthur Richards]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Pau Giner  wrote:

> For example, you can add **{ font-family: "ComicSans"}* to Gmail to bring
>> a less formal touch to the email reading experience.
>
>
​Pau, you always know how to bring a smile to my face.
¡
Viva
ComicSans
!​

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Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design

[Pau Giner]

>
> Unfortunately, thanks to the crime against humanity promoted by github, of
> requiring custom fonts for basic functionality, I (probably) can't just set
> my browser to always use MY preferred fonts. Instead, I (probably) have to
> live with whatever crappy font the web page creator felt like shoving down
> my throat. That means that I'm (probably) stuck with Helvetica/Arial most
> of the time. Ugh.


Browser extensions like styler

may
help. They allow to override the CSS of any site. For example, you can add **{
font-family: "ComicSans"}* to Gmail to bring a less formal touch to the
email reading experience.

Pau

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 11:30 PM, Kevin Smith  wrote:

> I am disturbed by the amount of money that seems to go into designing
> custom transit upholstery. To me, that kind of "form over function" is what
> gives design a bad name. Please DON'T give me garish trendy colors and
> patterns in a seat that has to last 20 years. Find some neutral pattern and
> color that hides stains well and isn't too depressing, and stick with it.
> Go for timeless, not "quickly obsolete".
>
> As for fonts, my peeve with Helvetica and Arial is that they don't
> distinguish capital I from lower-case l. Back in the day, I liked one
> font's tweak of putting little serifs on the capital I (I thought it was
> Tahoma, but apparently not). I see that Verdana puts a little wiggle in the
> lower-case l instead, which is better than nothing, but not great. Georgia
> doesn't particularly appeal to me, probably because I grew up in the
> pixelated world, where serifs made no sense on screen.
>
> I think I'll leave gmail set to "sans-serif", and configure my browser to
> default to Ubuntu fonts.
>
> Unfortunately, thanks to the crime against humanity promoted by github, of
> requiring custom fonts for basic functionality, I (probably) can't just set
> my browser to always use MY preferred fonts. Instead, I (probably) have to
> live with whatever crappy font the web page creator felt like shoving down
> my throat. That means that I'm (probably) stuck with Helvetica/Arial most
> of the time. Ugh.
>
> Whew. Feels great to drag that rant back out of the attic and give it some
> fresh air!
>
>
> Kevin Smith
> Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Grace Gellerman  > wrote:
>
>> 1. ​Charming story about constraints, product requirements, making
>> visible that which would otherwise be invisible, and the role of design:
>>
>> http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains-seats
>> -so-hideous?utm_source=digg_medium=twitter
>>
>> 2. Recognizing context and the value of design in improving the
>> sustainable pace of work by reducing the waste of fatigue, improving speed
>> of recognition, and designing for humans:
>>
>> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/your-e-mai
>> l-font-is-ruining-your-life
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Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design

[Kevin Smith]

I am disturbed by the amount of money that seems to go into designing
custom transit upholstery. To me, that kind of "form over function" is what
gives design a bad name. Please DON'T give me garish trendy colors and
patterns in a seat that has to last 20 years. Find some neutral pattern and
color that hides stains well and isn't too depressing, and stick with it.
Go for timeless, not "quickly obsolete".

As for fonts, my peeve with Helvetica and Arial is that they don't
distinguish capital I from lower-case l. Back in the day, I liked one
font's tweak of putting little serifs on the capital I (I thought it was
Tahoma, but apparently not). I see that Verdana puts a little wiggle in the
lower-case l instead, which is better than nothing, but not great. Georgia
doesn't particularly appeal to me, probably because I grew up in the
pixelated world, where serifs made no sense on screen.

I think I'll leave gmail set to "sans-serif", and configure my browser to
default to Ubuntu fonts.

Unfortunately, thanks to the crime against humanity promoted by github, of
requiring custom fonts for basic functionality, I (probably) can't just set
my browser to always use MY preferred fonts. Instead, I (probably) have to
live with whatever crappy font the web page creator felt like shoving down
my throat. That means that I'm (probably) stuck with Helvetica/Arial most
of the time. Ugh.

Whew. Feels great to drag that rant back out of the attic and give it some
fresh air!


Kevin Smith
Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation


On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Grace Gellerman 
wrote:

> 1. ​Charming story about constraints, product requirements, making visible
> that which would otherwise be invisible, and the role of design:
>
> http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains-seats
> -so-hideous?utm_source=digg_medium=twitter
>
> 2. Recognizing context and the value of design in improving the
> sustainable pace of work by reducing the waste of fatigue, improving speed
> of recognition, and designing for humans:
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/your-e-
> mail-font-is-ruining-your-life
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Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design

[Max Binder]

Interesting. I've always read that Sans Serif was better for screens, and
Serif was better for paper, but I'd buy that that was based on old-screen
protocol. The real question is, do you want to be *that person* who has the
funky font in Gmail? (I also wonder what the benefit is if the default is
Sans Serif and there are only a small percentage of folks using an
alternative font. Is it disruptive?)

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Joel Aufrecht 
wrote:

> tl;dr from 2.: In GMail, click on *Gear Icon* > *Settings* > *General* > 
> *Default
> Text Style* and change to Georgia.
>
>
>
> *-- Joel Aufrecht*
> Team Practices Group
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Grace Gellerman  > wrote:
>
>> 1. ​Charming story about constraints, product requirements, making
>> visible that which would otherwise be invisible, and the role of design:
>>
>> http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains-seats
>> -so-hideous?utm_source=digg_medium=twitter
>>
>> 2. Recognizing context and the value of design in improving the
>> sustainable pace of work by reducing the waste of fatigue, improving speed
>> of recognition, and designing for humans:
>>
>> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/your-e-mai
>> l-font-is-ruining-your-life
>>
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Re: [teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design

[Joel Aufrecht]

tl;dr from 2.: In GMail, click on *Gear Icon* > *Settings* > *General*
> *Default
Text Style* and change to Georgia.



*-- Joel Aufrecht*
Team Practices Group
Wikimedia Foundation

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Grace Gellerman 
wrote:

> 1. ​Charming story about constraints, product requirements, making visible
> that which would otherwise be invisible, and the role of design:
>
> http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains-seats
> -so-hideous?utm_source=digg_medium=twitter
>
> 2. Recognizing context and the value of design in improving the
> sustainable pace of work by reducing the waste of fatigue, improving speed
> of recognition, and designing for humans:
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/your-e-
> mail-font-is-ruining-your-life
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[teampractices] 2 interesting articles about design

[Grace Gellerman]

1. ​Charming story about constraints, product requirements, making visible
that which would otherwise be invisible, and the role of design:

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains-
seats-so-hideous?utm_source=digg_medium=twitter

2. Recognizing context and the value of design in improving the sustainable
pace of work by reducing the waste of fatigue, improving speed of
recognition, and designing for humans:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/your-e-mail-font-is-ruining-your-life
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