This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
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This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
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Re: This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
#2While the speed of change is good for these issues, could that speed be detrimental in other scenarios? For example, what if this increases the speed to reverse good policies, such as carbon emissions taxes? What if the speed of change from political influence of much larger entities (corporations) also increases the influence to reverse things even faster?
Re: This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
#3I love the data, but the animations are just obnoxious.
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#4I love the data, but the animations are just obnoxious.
You only see them once, so I didn't think it was that bad.
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#5I love the data, but the animations are just obnoxious.
You only see them once, so I didn't think it was that bad.
You see them every time you scroll.
Want to go back and look at something again? You now have to wait for the animation.
This is objectively bad design. I want static PNGs or SVGs, not JavaScript.
Also, that site got in my shitlist for taking control of my keyboard. I prefer to use the arrow keys to scroll one line at a time, and the stupid JavaScript on that site made that impossible.
Actually, I'd be happiest if that entire page was just a single static .svg file.
Re: This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
#6While the speed of change is good for these issues, could that speed be detrimental in other scenarios? For example, what if this increases the speed to reverse good policies, such as carbon emissions taxes? What if the speed of change from political influence of much larger entities (corporations) also increases the influence to reverse things even faster?
'What if'?
Prohibition is one of the examples - the policies aren't at all guaranteed to be good.
Re: This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
You only see them once, so I didn't think it was that bad.
You see them every time you scroll. Want to go back and look at something again? You now have to wait for the animation. This is objectively bad design. I want static PNGs or SVGs, not JavaScript. Also, that site got in my shitlist for taking control of my keyboard. I prefer to use the arrow keys to scroll one line at a time, and the stupid JavaScript on that site made that impossible. Actually, I'd be happiest if th…
Every point you have made here is subjective.
Re: This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
You see them every time you scroll. Want to go back and look at something again? You now have to wait for the animation. This is objectively bad design. I want static PNGs or SVGs, not JavaScript. Also, that site got in my shitlist for taking control of my keyboard. I prefer to use the arrow keys to scroll one line at a time, and the stupid JavaScript on that site made that impossible. Actually, I'd be happiest if th…
Every point you have made here is subjective.
It's about graphs. Their whole purpose is usability, and usability is almost entirely subjective.
Re: This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
#9The case comes amid a wave of gay marriage legalization...
This phrase, and the title, mask the fact that in the majority of states same-sex marriage legalization came from court cases, not through legislation or referenda[1].
"America", broadly construed, is quickly changing its mind, too, but this "wave" is more a product of judicial thought than public opinion.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United...
Re: This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
#10While the speed of change is good for these issues, could that speed be detrimental in other scenarios? For example, what if this increases the speed to reverse good policies, such as carbon emissions taxes? What if the speed of change from political influence of much larger entities (corporations) also increases the influence to reverse things even faster?
'What if'? Prohibition is one of the examples - the policies aren't at all guaranteed to be good.
As an aside, it's no accident that women's suffrage coincides chronologically with prohibition. Though it turned out to be bad policy, prohibition was a galvanizing issue that drove many women to political activism, either for religious reasons, and/or in reaction to alcoholism and domestic abuse.