Monday, October 15, 2018
No room for order
UD cites an article by Jonathan Bartlett proposing that software developers need to pay more attention to the 'spiritual' side of users... or at least to our sense of beauty and order in the universe.
When I try to read the article at MindMatters, here's what I see:
Hmm.
Beams and motes, practice what you preach, etc.
I agree with the basic premise as briefly extracted by UD. I've been making the same point often.
This specific failure is a perfect example of Github syndrome. The designers at MindMatters are moving with the latest picosecond, not bothering to make their website readable by ancient primitive Neanderthal Deplorable browsers more than a few months old.
The broader problem is not computers but cellphones.
Full-size personal computers, almost from the start, had enough space and color available to set up an atmosphere via the interface. The atmosphere could invoke spirituality or beauty if designed properly. More importantly, it could improve your workflow and concentration by proper placement of various controls and spaces. Orderly productive work is the best way of answering God's gift of life. Make more beauty, more life, more order, more value.
Since the switch to iPhone/Android and Responsive Web Design, everything is gray rectangles on a gray background, stacked vertically. There's no room for design, no room for ergonomics. Just keep thumbing down and reading the text, if you can see it.
Hmm.
Beams and motes, practice what you preach, etc.
I agree with the basic premise as briefly extracted by UD. I've been making the same point often.
This specific failure is a perfect example of Github syndrome. The designers at MindMatters are moving with the latest picosecond, not bothering to make their website readable by ancient primitive Neanderthal Deplorable browsers more than a few months old.
The broader problem is not computers but cellphones.
Full-size personal computers, almost from the start, had enough space and color available to set up an atmosphere via the interface. The atmosphere could invoke spirituality or beauty if designed properly. More importantly, it could improve your workflow and concentration by proper placement of various controls and spaces. Orderly productive work is the best way of answering God's gift of life. Make more beauty, more life, more order, more value.
Since the switch to iPhone/Android and Responsive Web Design, everything is gray rectangles on a gray background, stacked vertically. There's no room for design, no room for ergonomics. Just keep thumbing down and reading the text, if you can see it.
Labels: From rights to duties, Make or break, skill-estate
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