So are we seeing the demise of Apple? I notice that on the Siri alerts, there are two spaces after the period. That's a no-no in graphic design and something SJ would have caught and fired someone over! Terrible.
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SJ would not approve
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Because computers aren't typewriters, they auto kern based on individual letters.
Like someone else said in another thread...
#firstworldproblems
Get over it, there are far more pressing issues in the world. A vast majority of people would not notice, and by a vast majority, everyone but you.
And yeah, send those designers back to school, because Apple's stock doesn't speak for itself or anything.
#firstworldproblems
Get over it, there are far more pressing issues in the world. A vast majority of people would not notice, and by a vast majority, everyone but you.
And yeah, send those designers back to school, because Apple's stock doesn't speak for itself or anything.
It was tongue in cheek but wow, fanboyism runs strong on this forum. Still, with all the stories about SJ coming out after his death, you gotta wonder. I mean the guy agonized about the right shade of yellow on the google logo, right?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/steve-jobs-and-the-google-logo-ambulance/3265
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/steve-jobs-and-the-google-logo-ambulance/3265
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Another thing that SJ would not approve are the huge icons in dashboard missing enough space around...
And this... Steve kept mentioning all the time "we didn't rest on our laurels"
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/1...thanksgiving-in-recognition-of-years-success/
Another thing that SJ would not approve are the huge icons in dashboard missing enough space around...
And this... Steve kept mentioning all the time "we didn't rest on our laurels"
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/1...thanksgiving-in-recognition-of-years-success/
Hm, if you're directing that fanboy remark at me, you're sadly mistaken. I would say this to anyone complaining about minutia. I have no problem criticizing Apple, however, this is so flat out minimal, I didn't even notice it until you said something, and it still doesn't bother me.
Also, they've been working on Siri for quite some time, so in fact, I'm sure Jobs did actually approve.
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Well that reeks of sarcasm. But really, go up to Cupertino and try to get a job. I'm serious. You're overqualified.
Well that settles it then, I guess you speak for all iPhone users. I retract my observation.
Ummmm, yeah...I'm sure Steve knew nothing about Siri or how it would work. Because, you know, the phone came out about a week after he passed away, so someone must have gone in and made a bunch of changes to it in that week
I'm a graphic designer and I deal with typography every day. And even I can find more productive things to do with my time than criticize a program that's in Beta. How bored are you?
OK, yes, generally speaking on a computer if you're not using a monospaced font then you should only use one space after a period. But the truth is that many people are still used to the old school way of doing it, and a lot of those people are teaching young people nowdays. So there's still some holdover. Of all the things in this world to complain about, though, this does seem a bit trivial.
I'm a graphic designer and I deal with typography every day. And even I can find more productive things to do with my time than criticize a program that's in Beta. How bored are you?
OK, yes, generally speaking on a computer if you're not using a monospaced font then you should only use one space after a period. But the truth is that many people are still used to the old school way of doing it, and a lot of those people are teaching young people nowdays. So there's still some holdover. Of all the things in this world to complain about, though, this does seem a bit trivial.
What you may have learned in typing class decades ago is wrong today. Two spaces come from a world of monospaced type, which made it difficult sometimes to spot spacing between two sentences, so two spaces made it easier to sopt the end of a sentence.
Proportional spacing, used everywhere today will always leave a discernible space between sentences. Two spaces simply looks too big. (In fact, in the print world, as opposed to the typewriter world, one space has forever been the way to go.)
I wonder how long the OP thinks it takes to develop a phone to think that SJ didn't play a large roll in it.
I believe I read something that SJ has at least 4 more years of products that he had lined up to some extent. Two spaces after the period? TheSpaz, is that you?
Live your life man, it's too precious to waste on stupid ass things like how many spaces are left after the period.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ple-boss-left-plans-4-years-new-products.html
Live your life man, it's too precious to waste on stupid ass things like how many spaces are left after the period.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ple-boss-left-plans-4-years-new-products.html
OK, since we're being a bit technical now...your statement actually isn't true. It will not ALWAYS leave a discernible space between sentences. In most print work, tracking and kerning are used constantly to adjust what the computer considers to be the "correct" spacing. Because honestly, just because something is "mathematically correct" it doesn't mean it looks right, and that's what really matters in the end. I regularly have to adjust the tracking in order to make more space between sentences, because quite often they look too close together.
And yes, I realize that this gets off the original topic. Go ahead and knock me for it if you want
your sig states that you've been a Mac user since 1984. That would put your age at least to someone in their 30's-40's. I find your quote above not matching in maturity with your supposed age.
in other words, you're most likely in your 40's and act like a teenager. Something is not right, either your a total troll or you have serious maturity issues making statements/threads like this.
Pointing out a technical error, real or just perceived does not require you to make light of SJ not being with us anymore. Your point could have been made with less drama.
I guess I'm older than I thought, because honestly I never knew that.
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