Tufte rehashed
Why would this be flagged/downvoted? Tufte says it better, says more about it, and gives awesome examples.
Stop Being an Idiot
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#22Tufte rehashed
Why would this be flagged/downvoted? Tufte says it better, says more about it, and gives awesome examples.
Probably because your comment lacks information. "Tufte rehashed" tells me nothing. Who is Tufte? Is that a company? A person? A blog? What's their link? Is it just an inside joke I don't get?
Just adding context and links to your comments would make them more useful.
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#23Tufte rehashed
Why would this be flagged/downvoted? Tufte says it better, says more about it, and gives awesome examples.
Tufte writes meticulously and in detail about specific topics. This post is a bunch of vague generalities on a indeterminate topic. Saying it's a rehash of Tufte is like saying 'I'm feeling ambitious and stabby' is a rehash of Macbeth.
Re: Stop Being an Idiot
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would this be flagged/downvoted? Tufte says it better, says more about it, and gives awesome examples.
Probably because your comment lacks information. "Tufte rehashed" tells me nothing. Who is Tufte? Is that a company? A person? A blog? What's their link? Is it just an inside joke I don't get? Just adding context and links to your comments would make them more useful.
Just in case you actually haven't run across him before -
Re: Stop Being an Idiot
#25Nobody likes the unfamiliar. Then why is your blog dim white letters on a black background? The first thing my reptilian brain thought was that this was some kind of left-brained new-age artistic fluff. But it's not. You have important points to make. So do your readers (and back button pushers) a favor and practice what you preach. Combine your artistic tendencies with a more familiar, more functional white backgrou…
I'm teaching you that different interactions are ok. Unfamiliarity isn't wrong, it's just different. People get used to it, and often times prefer it. Consider my site your education on different contrast ratios. You did, after all, read the post.
I didn't read more than a few lines. White on black gives me a full-blown migraine. Many other people also seem to find it literally painful to read, not merely unfamiliar or jarring.
Consider me your education on different contrast ratios. ;-)
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stop Being an Idiot.
All using the same blog template is definitely not in the same ballpark as overriding default browser behavior with something that doesn't work. It's not even the same sport.. Edit to respond to your revised comment that replaced its content with the title of your article (wow, way to be accepting of criticism, dude! When you do usability testing and a user finds a bug or complains about something, do you tell them t…
So you suggested he not be an asshole and it offends you he proposes you cease being an idiot. It's the sort of discourse that promises further Great Insights.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
He's talking about web apps and you point out that he's not practicing what he preaches b/c his blog isn't on a white background? I really wish comments a/b people's personal blog design preferences and the unreadability of said blog post wouldn't get voted up so often. Use Readability and talk a/b more important, less personal tastes/monitor resolution & brightness-related things instead.
a/b? Are you entering your sentences through a twitter client? 'Readability' looks like a handy tool but so is plain English.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
All using the same blog template is definitely not in the same ballpark as overriding default browser behavior with something that doesn't work. It's not even the same sport.. Edit to respond to your revised comment that replaced its content with the title of your article (wow, way to be accepting of criticism, dude! When you do usability testing and a user finds a bug or complains about something, do you tell them t…
So you suggested he not be an asshole and it offends you he proposes you cease being an idiot. It's the sort of discourse that promises further Great Insights.
Asshole behavior is markedly different than idiot behavior ;) I fully acquiesce that my comment was, itself, asshole behavior - I wrote it in an emotional state, as a usability/UI design blog that breaks a basic tenant of web usability (don't override basic browser behavior; if you have to, make sure it works everywhere because people expect it to be there - they get upset when things happen that they consider breakage) was a fairly intense mind-breaking experience.
Calling someone an asshole is asshole behavior. Knowingly forcing your users into a broken usability situation is asshole behavior.
I wouldn't think that calling someone out on it would be considered idiot behavior.
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#29Edward Tufte's advice is to visualize your audience (i.e., "users") as "smart but busy".
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
He's talking about web apps and you point out that he's not practicing what he preaches b/c his blog isn't on a white background? I really wish comments a/b people's personal blog design preferences and the unreadability of said blog post wouldn't get voted up so often. Use Readability and talk a/b more important, less personal tastes/monitor resolution & brightness-related things instead.
a/b? Are you entering your sentences through a twitter client? 'Readability' looks like a handy tool but so is plain English.
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